Fluffy Japanese Style Pancakes
Easy souffle-style pancakes that are delicious served with whipped cream and berries or maple syrup.www.comfortandpeasant.com
Ingredients
- Olive or vegetable oil or spray
- 2 Large eggs, separated
- 6-7 tbsp (90-103 ml) 2% Milk
- 1/4 tsp (4 ml) Vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup (32 g) All-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp (19 g) Cornstarch
- 3/4 tsp (3 g) Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp (1 g) Salt
- Pinch Cream of Tartar
- 2 tbsp (25.5 g) Sugar
- Icing sugar, whipped cream and berries for garnishing
Instructions
To Make Batter:
- Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites placing them each into separate medium-sized bowls and place the egg whites bowl into the freezer.
- Whisk the egg yolks until they are creamy. Add the milk and vanilla and beat with the whisk until everything is combined.
- In another bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt, then use fine sieve to sift
dry ingredients into egg mixture. Whisk until batter is uniform. Set aside. - Remove the egg whites from the freezer. Add the cream of tartar to the egg whites and beat with an electric mixer until foamy. Slowly add the sugar a little at a time. Beat until the egg whites are thick and shiny and just to the point where they start to hold peaks.
- Gently fold the egg whites mixture into the batter a third at a time, being careful not to deflate the whites.
To Cook Pancakes:
- Preheat your nonstick pan over low heat.
- Grease your food rings well and place them in the pan. Pour about 1/4 of the batter into each ring until each is about half full.
- Cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes on low heat. You want the pancakes to slowly cook without browning too much.
- Using tongs and a flexible spatula, flip the pancakes. Let them cook, covered, for another minute and then run the blade of a thin knife around the inside of each molds and remove the molds.
- Cover the pan and cook the pancakes approximately 2 to 3 minutes longer, or until they are nicely browned on the bottom and just cooked through.
- Transfer the pancakes to serving plates. Dust lightly with icing sugar and add whipped cream and fruit and serve. Alternatively, you can serve the pancakes with maple syrup.