Today on the menu are these homemade lemon ricotta pancakes. These are an
absolute breakfast treat just in time for Valentine's Day. So let's get into the
kitchen and whip these up. First up, we're making some candied lemon zest. Super easy stuff to make
Just going to peel your lemons. Try not to press too hard on the peel
Otherwise, you'll get a lot of the pith. It's pretty forgiving, though. And then we're just going to do a quick julienne
Thin slices. Nothing too fancy. all right this is going to go in a little bit of sugar
and you're just going to muddle it with a spoon or something a little blunt
kind of mash the zest into the sugar and over time this will make a little syrup as the sugar
kind of leaches some of the juices and oils out of the zest. It should be good to go. We're just
going to let that sit for about 30 minutes. I get my milk. I'm going to make a really easy
homemade ricotta cheese. This has been done quite a few times on the internet. Just a good reminder
of how easy it is to make homemade ricotta. So I'm going to heat up this pot medium heat
We're going to bring that to just a light simmer. I almost want to just get to the point where it starts licking steam off almost right before
that simmer. It gets a little foamy on top. I'm going to cut up my lemons
Juice goes straight in This is going to coagulate the cream that in the milk and make it into that beautiful curd cheese that we looking for with ricotta All right last one
You can see right away it starts to curdle on top. Beautiful
we're just going to strain this cheesecloth works as well as long as you have a fine mesh strainer you're good to go
and this has just been lightly strained you could keep going if you want but since i'm going to be
mixing this in with the pancake batter and with a little topping it doesn't need to be too dry
It's a nice, creamy ricotta. Alright, so here I'm going to make a really simple garnish or topping for the pancakes
A little bit of Greek yogurt and the ricotta. I'm not going to put too much sugar in this, maybe just like two teaspoons, something like that
And then I'm going to make good use of this little bit of lemon syrup and some of the lemon zest
You could chop this up if you want, but it's really pretty if you put the strands right into the topping
A good mix. Add a little bit of cream cheese to thicken it up
It's a beautiful lemon ricotta topping. all right all right here I got two bowls most of my mise en place for the meringue
and the pancake batter first thing up separate my eggs egg whites go on this
one yolks go on the other make sure none of the yolks get into the whites
otherwise they won't whip up sometimes it's better to do this in a separate bowl
so if there is a little mistake you don't have to start all over again. Sugar
goes in I gonna whisk this until it gets semi peaks You don want it too stiff because you want to fold into the pancake batter relatively smooth Just about like that Soft and then I
rejuvenate it right before I fold them in to soft peaks, like proper soft peaks
All right, meringues, 90% of the way there. I'm going to add my sugar to the egg yolks. Not too
much. Be light on the sugar with the pancake batter because you're adding the meringue
which has quite a bit. Give the yolks a whisk. You can also add in the vanilla at this time
fresher paste, extract works too. I've been a fan of paste lately
Vanilla paste. Give that a whisk. Let the sugar dissolve. We're going to add in the flour
And milk. Add in your butter, melted butter
A little bit of salt, super important. And then ricotta
I'm going to get all that ricotta in there. That gives it a really nice body
Perfect. I'm going to finish off the meringue. Bring it back to life
We're just going to slowly fold these in
And that's good. You don't want to over mix this. Put your pan on medium to high heat and do about a cup at a time so pancakes are done i gonna get my candied lemon zest my ricotta my whipped ricotta topping and
make some room for a plate. Really simple white plate. And it's time to get this looking pretty
Mmm. Mmm. What a nice change-up. The ricotta, it makes the pancakes almost more tender than cakey
Nice and rich, too, without being overbearing. Of course, the lemon cuts right through it
It's just one of those match made in heaven. that's killer guys well if you guys enjoyed the recipe like subscribe comment down below if you
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