August 06, 2014

BERRY AND CREAM CHEESE HOTCAKES


These yummy hotcakes are straight from The Real Meal Revolution book. I used the frozen berries from Woolworths SA because we don't often get fresh blueberries here. I just picked out the blackberries, raspberries and strawberries, using only the blueberries. I also added a little xylitol because I felt like something a little more sweet (naughty!). 
I used Philadelphia cream cheese which I warmed up a bit in the microwave so it wasn't rock hard and could spread easily.
Enjoy!


Serves 4 - 5

½ cup almond flour or ground almond

½ cup coconut flour

1 ⅓ cups ricotta 

¾ cup milk

1 tsp baking powder

1 ½ tsp xylitol (optional)

4 eggs, separated

pinch of salt

180g of fresh or frozen blueberries

50g butter

200g cream cheese

fresh berries


mix the flours, ricotta, milk, baking powder, yolks, xylitol and salt using a food processor or blender, then mix the blueberries in

whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks and fold into the mixture in two batches

Warm a pan on medium heat, melt the butter and fry the hotcakes in batches of three, using about 2 tablespoons of batter each.

Top each hotcake with cream cheese and fresh berries, serve hot