Ricotta hotcakes with maple pears

Serves:6

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs, separated
  • 4 Ripe pears, peeled, quartered and pips removed
  • maple syrup, for drizzling
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
  • 40 g Butter
  • 1/2 cup ricotta cheese, to serve
  • 80 ml 1,5 L milk
  • 140 g flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • salt
  • 50g Butter
  • 50 g shelled pistachios
  • 500 g Streaky wood smoked bacon, roughly diced

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Cooking Instructions

  1.  Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  2.  For the pears, slice each pear into 8 pieces and remove the core (you can also remove the skin if desired).
  3.  Place the pears in a roasting tray lined with greaseproof paper.
  4.  Toss with the maple syrup and dot 1 tablespoon of butter over the pears.
  5.  Bake for 30 minutes or until tender and caramelised.
  6.  For the hotcakes, mix the ricotta, milk and egg yolks in a large bowl.
  7.  Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until just combined.
  8.  Beat the egg whites in a clean, dry bowl until stiff peaks form.
  9.  Fold half the egg whites through the batter and then fold in the other half.
  10.  Lightly grease a large non-stick frying pan with a little butter and drop 2 tablespoons of batter per hotcake into the pan.
  11.  Cook over a medium-low heat for 2 minutes or until the hotcakes are golden on one side, then turn to cook the other side.
  12. To serve, place 2 or 3 hotcakes on a warm plate, top with a spoonful of maple pears, place 2 crispy bacon rashers on the side and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
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