Last week we finally saw some spring weather with a few days where it was warm enough to cast off our jackets and that got thinking about spring recipes including these strawberry pancakes. These pancakes have it all from the large chunks of strawberries to ricotta to keep them nice and moist, lemon to keep them nice and bright and fresh and even some poppy seeds to boot! Honey is used as the sweetener rather than sugar and it pairs fabulously well with the lemon and strawberries! I could easily eat a stack of these pancakes plain but I like to top them with a fresh homemade simple strawberry syrup, which is a must make all by itself! Of course some fresh sliced juicy strawberries sprinkled on top finish these strawberry lemon ricotta poppy seed pancakes making them just perfect for a special spring breakfast brunch or dinner!
Make a double batch of the syrup, it’s addictively good!
Strawberry Lemon Ricotta Poppy Seed Pancakes
Prep Time:10 minutes Cook Time:20 minutes Total Time:30 minutes Servings: 4
Light, fluffy and moist lemon ricotta poppy seed pancakes with chunks of strawberries topped with a homemade strawberry syrup.
ingredients
- 1 pound strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk or milk
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup honey or sugar
- 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 lemon (zest and juice)
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1 cup strawberries, diced 1/4 inch
For the syrup:
For the pancakes:
directions
- Bring the strawberries, water and sugar to a boil in a sauce pan, reduce the heat and simmer until it reduces by half and thickens a little before straining the solids and letting it cool.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt and mix it into the mixture of the buttermilk, egg, honey, ricotta, lemon zest, juice and poppy seeds before mixing in the strawberries.
- Heat a pan over medium heat, add the batter 1/2 cup at a time forming circular pancakes, cook until bubble form on the top, about 2-4 minutes, flip and cook until lightly golden brown, about 2-4 minutes.
For the syrup:
For the pancakes:
Option: Leave the strawberry solids in the syrup and puree in a food processor or blender.
Option: Replace the strawberries with blueberries or blackberries, cherries, peaches, etc.
Option: Replace the strawberries with blueberries or blackberries, cherries, peaches, etc.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 421, Fat 5.8g (Saturated 2.4g, Trans 0), Cholesterol 59mg, Sodium 274mg, Carbs 83.4g (Fiber 2.8g, Sugars 48.8g), Protein 12.1g
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Ahh Strawberry and lemon such a classic combo combined into these pancakes. I need these right now
So beautiful!
pancake perfection!
Such a gorgeous breakfast!
Woah, are you kidding me with these right now? They look divine!!!
Wow – Those look super yummy! Love that gorgeous red color!!!
Leah @ georgiapeachonmymind.com
I wish I had a big stack now!
LOVE all these strawberries!
holy cow- these look amazing- especially that thick, glossy pile of strawberries on top!
Love the flavoring in these pancakes Kevin, wow!
These pancakes look amazing! Love the ingredients in this recipe!
Lemon and Poppy seeds just go together. Then add the strawberry's . YUM!
Oh, my…! You're sure this isn't too much of a good thing? (Actually too many good things…!)
Anonymous: They all work so well together in these pancakes! Well, other than making the name so long! 🙂
Love these flavors! Beautiful!
I love this flavor combination, and these pancakes look so pretty!
Going to have to give this a try sometime, looks delicious. Enjoying the blog; keep at it 😉
This looks so, so good! The perfect breakfast!
I love that we both made lemony berryful pancakes this week! Great minds.
These pancakes look freaking perfect. Love the flavour!
One of the most gorgeous food photos I've seen! Great work on the photography! – jaden
Plan to make theses this weekend but without the poppy seeds.
Kevin – these are gorgeous! I love the lemon poppyseed combination and those luscious strawberries on top!
I'm in sweetness heaven, this looks perfect for a treat!
I usually love your recipes, but I made these today, and they didn't work for me. I think the strawberries in the batter make it way too wet; my pancakes never cooked through, although I cooked them forever. Also, there was no oil in the recipe; I think they need a tiny bit. I think they'd be great with maybe 2 TBS oil and leave the strawberries to garnish the top… the flavor was great!!
I can't stop still think about it! Im going to make it now 😀
This is definitely my kind of breakfast!
What a Dish!: The strawberries will release moisture when they cook and the area around them will be a little moist but the pancakes should cook. How thick or thin was the batter? One possibility could be the ricotta cheese which can have different amounts of moisture in it. You can easily omit the strawberries and adding the oil will result in a moister texture in the pancakes.
I made these this morning and they were great! I substituted gluten-free flour and it turned out perfect still. Thank you! Also, I have enough extra strawberry syrup left and I want to make your strawberry mascarpone crepes in a few weeks. Could I just freeze the syrup and reheat in for when I do the crepes? Have you ever tried that?