This baked ricotta pancake is a reminder of Sicily. It really is easy to make at home and should be served warm. I made one to serve with sweet caramelized apples and another to go with dried figs cooked in red wine. Both were excellent.
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I have always been a little bit of a germaphobe. Not in the obsessive sort of way but certainly in a sense of sanitising. Other than the normal handwashing regime I make sure to wash my hands after touching banknotes. Money is not clean and years ago a customer of mine contracted TB from licking his thumb to count the cash he had been given. It is not often that I pay with cash but if I do then I use a wet wipe on my hands straight away. And if for any reason I have to use an ATM I clean my hands afterwards. I once read somewhere that ATM’s and escalators have the highest germ count. If I could avoid going on an escalator I would. But because I have a genuine fear of falling when on them.
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But they cannot be avoided and I need to hold on when going up. It is for this very reason that I keep a small pack of wet wipes in my handbag. I also keep a small bottle of sanitising spray. It has 50% alcohol and I use this mostly in public bathrooms. As I cannot avoid using them I tend to spray the door handle and the toilet flush mechanism before I touch them. Sanitising wipes have also been provided in South Africa for years in supermarkets to wipe down our trolleys. This is a habit I have extended to all the shopping we do. And after coming home from the shops I have always washed my hands. And it is not that I think these habits have served me well. All I am doing is washing for longer, and using 70% alcohol wipes where necessary.
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Baked Ricotta Pancake
Ingredients
For the ricotta
- 240 mls milk (you can use UHT milk)
- 120 mls cream (you can use UHT cream)
- 2.5 mls salt
- 30 mls lemon juice
For the baked ricotta pancake
- 125 g ricotta (use store bought if you don't want to make your own)
- 100 mls milk
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 60 g fructose
- 60 g flour
- 2.5 mls baking powder
- 30 g salted butter
- caramalized apples to serve
Method
For the ricotta
- Place the milk, cream and salt into a saucepan and bring to the boil
- Immediately remove from the heat, add the lemon juice and stir gently until it starts to curdle
- Leave to cool
- Line a sieve with a double layer of muslin and set over a bowl
- Pour the curdled milk into the muslin and place in the fridge for 20 minutes
For the baked ricotta pancake
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- Place the ricotta and milk into a large mixing bowl
- Add the egg yolks, lemon zest and fructose and whisk until combined
- Add the flour and baking powder and whisk until combined
- Place the egg whites into a mixing bowl and whisk till still peaks form
- Gently fold into the batter, without knocking out the air
- Place the butter into an oven proof and microwave proof pie dish
- Melt the butter in the microwave until frothing *
- Swirl the butter over the bottom of the pie dish to distribute it
- Gently pour the batter into the dish and place into the oven
- Bake for 25 minutes then remove from the oven
- Tip out onto a serving board and top with caramalized apples
Notes
Inspiration published on Lavender and Lime July 24:
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- 2014 – Baked Arancini Stuffed With Cheese
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- 2010 – Food Quiz Number 31 For A Friday
Have your habits changed a lot since the onset of the pandemic?
you were ahead of your time with the sanitizing. and I agree that money is dirty. Other than leaving a tip, I can’t remember the last time I used money for something…
We use a lot of cash here but that is changing.
OMW baked figs in red wine… yummy…
They were!
This sounds delicious, Tandy. I have never really used hand sanitizer as it makes my hands peel and itch. I am currently using gloves and hand sanitizer only when absolutely necessary.
We do an alcohol free sanitiser which should be good for you. And I don’t use gloves, but my own sanitiser when going out.
Both of your pancakes with their different topping sound terrific. I haven’t been shopping since the first of March, being extra cautious.
Wow! But where you live it is so easy to shop online. Here, not so much.