Ricootta Pancakes With Grilled Fruit Skewers and Maple Syrup

BBQ Dessert

Pancake Mix

250g     Ricotta

150ml    Milk

3 eggs, Separated

3/4 cup (185g) Plain Flour

1 tsp    Baking Powder

30g      Caster Sugur

50g      Butter

Pinch of Salt

Canadian Maple Syrup

Grilled Fruit Skewers

A combination of Strawberries, Pineapple,                          

Banana, Kiwifruit or any firm fruit.                                    

Equipment

Chefs Knife, Chopping Board, Mixing Bowl x2, Wooden Spoon

Sifter, Large metal spoon(chef's spoon), Large non-stick frying pan

Grill, Plastic spatula, Skewers(soak in water so they don't burn)                                                                

Method

1. Cream egg yolks and sugur in a mixing bowl

2. Add ricotta and milk, mix to combine

3. Sift the flour,baking powder and salt into bowl

4. Add to the ricotta mixture and mix unit just combined

5. Place egg whites in a clean dry bowl and beat until stiff peaks form

6. Fold egg whites through batter in two batches, with a large metal spoon

NB For best result, batter must rest for an hour prior to using

7. Just before cooking pancakes, cut fruit into even sized pieces and assemble onto skewers

8. lightly grease a large non-stick frying pan with portion of the butter and drop 2 tablespoons of batter per pancake   into the pan (don't cook more than 3 per batch)

9. Cook over low to medium heat for 2 minutes, or until hotcakes have golden undersides

10. While pancakes are cooking, sprinkle fruit lightly with icing sugur(this helps fruit to caramelise as you don't want to keep fruit on the BBQ for too long)

11. Grill fruit lightly on each side for about 2 mins

12. Turn pancakes and cook on the other side until golden and cooked through

13. Place grilled fruit on top of pancakes

14. Drizzle the pancakes with maple syrup. These are also great served with ice cream or thickened cream

Chef's Tip

You are actually not cooking the fruit. You are caramelising or colouring the fruit with the icing sugur and in doing so assisting the fruit to release its own natural sugurs. The fruit will be coloured, hot yet still crisp.