Japanese Souffle Pancakes
Have I ever gone to Japan to have these outrageously, grandiose pancakes? No. But, I appreciate the artistic simplicity of the cultures food landscape. These are show stopping pancakes and I don’t know that any others in the category can compete as much with these. Merge a pancake and a souffle and you’ve got yourself breakfast and dessert.
They certainly look a little daunting (in my terribly out of focus photo) to make but I promise you’ll get so much joy out of it! Folding the whipped egg whites into the batter is probably the most difficult effort because you want to avoid deflation– this is what gives the pancakes their fluffy rise. I used a round metal cutter to shape these perfectly but you certainly don’t need to mold them at all.
recipe and photo adapted from PowerHouse Productions
