Bill's Ricotta Hotcakes

Apologies for the lack of posts recently, I was temporarily on dial-up so barely bothered with the internet at all. Actually it is a bit of a shame, because there has been a swag of baking and cooking going on, but I am sure I will get to these recipes again sometime. In the meantime I have found the ricotta hotcakes recipe (from Bills in Sydney), so am posting this for Mark (no photo because I haven't tried these myself yet).

340 gm ricotta cheese
185 ml milk
4 eggs separated
125 gm plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
50 gm butter

To serve
Banana
Maple syrup or honeycomb butter, sliced
Icing sugar for dusting

Place ricotta, milk and egg yolks in a mixing bowl and mix to combine. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add to the ricotta mixture and mix until just combined.

Place the egg whites in a clean dry bowl and beat until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites through batter in two batches, with a large metal spoon.

Lightly grease a large non-stick frying pan with a small portion of the butter and drop 2 tablespoons of batter per hotcake into the pan (don't cook more than 3 per batch). Cook over low to medium heat for 2 mins or until hotcakes have golden undersides. Turn hotcakes and cook on the other side until golden and cooked through.