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.Â
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
Ingredients
Scale
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
Instructions
Souffle Pancakes
In a medium sized bowl combine the egg yolks, milk and flour, whisk until smooth
In a large bowl whip the egg whites with a hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until foamy
Add the cream of tartar and sugar, and whip until stiff peaks
Gently fold 1/3rd of the meringue into the egg yolk mixture
Then add the remaining merinuge and fold 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