Japanese Souffle Pancakes
Tall, light and fluffy Japanese Style Souffle Pancakes with a cloud-like, melt-in-your-mouth texture. These thick pancakes will be the breakfast of your dreams.
- Author: Catherine Zhang
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 large pancakes 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Intermediate
- Cuisine: Japanese
Souffle Pancakes
- 30 g Plain flour (1/4 cup)
- 1/4 tsp Cream of tartar
- 25 g Sugar (2 tbsp)
- 15 g Milk (1 tbsp)
- 2 Eggs, separated
Souffle Pancakes
- In a medium sized bowl combine the egg yolks, milk and flour, whisk until smooth
- In another bowl whip the egg whites until foamy
- Add the cream of tartar and sugar, and whip until stiff peaks
- Gently fold the whipped egg whites into the egg yolk mixture until no streaks of egg white remain
- Heat a frying pan on low heat and scoop two-thirds of the batter into two large mounds in the pan
- Close the lid and cook for 5 minutes
- Uncover and top each mound with the remaining batter
- Close the lid and cook for another 5 minutes
- Open the lid, flip the pancakes, close the lid and cook for a further 5 minutes
- Repeat with the remaining batter
- Carefully transfer pancakes to a plate, top with ice-cream, fruits and maple syrup
Keywords: souffle, pancakes, breakfast, cloud, japanese-style