These lemon ricotta pancakes are light, fluffy and citrus-scented! They’re an easy breakfast that tastes luxurious.

Need a show-stopping pancakes recipe? Look no further than these Lemon Ricotta Pancakes! They’re impossibly fluffy and light, with a pop citrus flavor on the finish. Even better: they’re packed with protein and made with half the flour of a normal pancake! They might sound fancy, but they’re so easy to whip up and perfect for impressing friends and family at a lazy breakfast or brunch. (Our 4 year old adores them!) Ready for all our secrets?

Ingredients in lemon ricotta pancakes

This lemon ricotta pancakes recipe follows a formula that’s similar to our Cottage Cheese Pancakes. The base is mainly this high-protein cheese and eggs, and you need only half the all-purpose flour that’s called for in a standard pancake. This not only loads the pancake with protein, but it makes it impossibly fluffy. You’ve got to try this trick! Here’s what you’ll need:

• Eggs
• Ricotta cheese
• Maple syrup
• Vanilla
• All-purpose flour
• Baking powder and salt
• Lemon juice and lemon zest

Makes for high protein pancakes

These lemon ricotta pancakes are irresistibly tasty, elegant and protein-packed, which makes them a win-win-win in our book. The protein helps turn them into a filling breakfast where you’re not hungry an hour later (which happens to us with standard pancakes). Here’s the breakdown for this ricotta pancake:

• 1 Lemon Ricotta Pancake has over 7 grams protein! Eat two and you get about 30% of your daily protein intake.
• 1 Standard Pancake has approximately 4 grams protein. So the ricotta pancake is almost double the protein!

Best toppings for lemon ricotta pancakes

Lemon ricotta pancakes are great with any toppings, but there’s a natural choice that fits more than any other: blueberries! Use either fresh blueberries or make a quick sauce (see below). Here are some of our other favorite toppings:

• Pure maple syrup and powdered sugar: they taste incredible dressed simply
• Blueberry sauce or compote: Try these recipes for quick stovetop Blueberry Sauce or Blueberry Compote
• Fresh berries like raspberries, blackberries or blueberries
• Crushed nuts like pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts or slivered almonds
• Nut butter like peanut, almond, pecan, or walnut butter

More ricotta recipes

Ricotta is a high-protein soft Italian cheese that’s ultra versatile! There are so many ways to use it in recipes both savory and sweet. Once you’ve used it in these pancakes, try these ricotta recipes for using up the leftovers:

• Try Whipped Ricotta, topped with honey and dipped with warm pita triangles
• Bake up a Lasagna with Ricotta, the Italian way
• Use it as pizza sauce for a Ricotta Pizza
• Make this cozy and tasty Ricotta Dumpling Soup
• Turn it into a quick lunch with Ricotta Toasts

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Whipped Ricotta

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Ricotta Pizza

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Vegetarian Lasagna with Ricotta

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Tomato Dumpling Soup

This lemon ricotta pancakes recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten-free.

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