One of my New Years Resolutions (who am I kidding, my only resolution) was to make breakfast more often. It really doesn’t take as long as most us think and it’s so nice to start your day with something hot and yummy. So when Sargento cheese reached out to me recently to see if I was interested in featuring one of their recipes, these ricotta pancakes jumped out at me immediately. Ricotta? In pancakes? YES.
The pancakes are fantastic! The ricotta made them so fluffy and rich tasting. Who knew, right? The orange was bright and delicious but not overpowering. I think the pancakes are just flavorful enough to not require any syrup or other topping.
Easy peasy breakfast – from start to finish it took me less than 30 minutes and this breakfast was so much nicer than a bowl of microwaved oatmeal or a Poptart.

- 3 eggs separated
- grated rind of 1 orange
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoon butter or margarine melted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Honey or maple syrup optional
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Combine egg yolks, orange rind, juice, Ricotta cheese, flour, milk, butter and salt in large bowl.
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Beat whites with electric mixer until soft peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter.
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Drop batter by heaping tablespoons onto greased, preheated 375F griddle or skillet. Cook pancakes 2 minutes each side or until golden brown. Serve hot with honey or syrup, if desired.
I was compensated for the time I spent on this but the opinions are all mine and these pancakes are exceptional.
Pam @ From Apples To Zucchini says
These look incredible! I am bookmarking these for a weekend coming up soon!!
Carolyn Jung says
I love how ricotta makes pancakes fluffy. I’d love to wake up to these any day of the week.
Joanne says
I made ricotta pancakes a long time ago…pre-blogger days…and loved them! I’ve been meaning to post about them and your beautiful post has reminded me!
KitchenArtistry says
Great looking pancakes… We’d love to have you feature some of your dishes at kitchenartistry.com
Fresh and Foodie says
Yum! I’ve had a weird pancake craving lately that’s borderline obsessive. So yeah…these look fab.
JulieD says
These look so good! Will have to try… :)
atxglutenfree says
Yummy! I love the combination of ingredients. Will definitely have to make a GF version :)
Laurel says
These look and sound wonderful! I’d love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight: http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
Courtney says
Mmmm! This recipe looks awesome! I was just looking for a way to use up the left-over ricotta in the fridge :)
[email protected] says
I am going to make these this weekend. I have some oranges and extra ricotta that I need to use. They sound divine!
Deanna says
Awesome picture …. delicious sounding … Charlie’s been craving pancakes for weeks now. Maybe I’ll be a sweetie and make these for him. YUMMY!!!!
Bakingbitsandbobs says
those pancakes look perfect! just the right amount of thickness and not too thin either. I’ll have to try these one day:)