Lemon and Ricotta American Pancakes. These Lemon Ricotta Pancakes are some of the best pancakes you'll ever eat! Just imagine your favorite pancake recipe, now add an Italian flair to it with creamy ricotta and fresh lemon. They've got to be good right?

Tart-but-sweet, with fresh lemon juice and zest and ricotta to create a gorgeous, fluffy result! The great thing about these pancakes is they're easy to whip up, and have a delicate. Perfectly tart with a hint of sweetness, these are the absolute-best lemon ricotta pancakes. You can have Lemon and Ricotta American Pancakes using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lemon and Ricotta American Pancakes

You need 375 ml of milk.
Prepare 3 tbsp of lemon juice.
It's 240 g of plain flour.
It's 1 tbsp of baking powder.
You need 1 tsp of salt.
It's of Zest of 3 small lemons.
It's 2 of eggs.
You need 1 of tsb vanilla extract.
You need 4 tbsp of sugar.
You need 250 g of ricotta.
Prepare 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.

Compared to traditional buttermilk pancakes, they're a Compared to traditional buttermilk pancakes , they're fluffier in texture. To achieve such airy results, you need to mix your wet and dry ingredients separately. Light, fluffy ricotta pancakes are more sophisticated than traditional pancakes, making them perfect for special occasions, but you have to get the balance of cheese and structure just right or your pancakes will fall flat. These fluffy lemon ricotta pancakes come from my cookbook, A Cozy Coloring Cookbook.

Lemon and Ricotta American Pancakes instructions

Put the milk and lemon juice in the large bowl, stir and leave for 30min. This makes buttermilk..
Place the flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Stir all of the ingredients together until evenly combined. Set aside..
Add the eggs, vanilla and oil into the milk. Mix.
Add the ricotta cheese, sugar and lemon zest into the bowl with the milk mixture. Using a wire whisk, gently stir the ingredients together until evenly combined..
Add the flour mix into the bowl with the buttermilk and ricotta cheese. Continue to fold the ingredients together until evenly combined with a few small lumps remaining in the batter. Do not over mix the batter..
Heat a 15cm frying pan on a mid-low heat, add a dash of vegetable oil and ladle in ~1/4 cup of batter. Flip when bubbles come through to the top and it is cooked enough to not fall apart..
I serve them with honey.

What Does Ricotta Do in Pancakes. I love adding ricotta to my pancake batter because it adds moisture and adds a nice indulgent, rich flavor. Ricotta cheese adds a creamy richness to these pancakes without making them dense, and lemon brightens the batter. Ricotta adds richness without making the pancakes heavy or dense, and lemon adds a perky flavor that dances in your mouth when you take the first bite. When it comes to pancakes, my husband and I can never agree.