Japanese Soufflé Pancakes

“A glimpse into the pop culture cuisine of Japan”

But zoo wee mama was this hard to make, I would not recommend destroying your entire kitchen just to get that perfect meringue. It took me 4 painstaking hours and countless moments of my mom yelling at me to get out of the kitchen. The carpal tunnel I have now was not worth 4 souffle pancakes haha

Enough of that though lets get straight to the recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1.5 tablespoons of whole milk
  • vanilla extract (as much as you want)
  • 1/4 cup of cake flour
  • 1/2 tsp of baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • water (for steaming)

Steps

  1. Separate the yolks and white from the eggs and put the whites in the freezer for 15 min
  2. Add the milk and vanilla to the yolks and whisk till frothy
  3. add the cake flour to the yolk mixture and whisk
  4. take the whites and slowly stream sugar into the bowl as you whisk to create stiff peaks
  5. Preheat a pan on medium (for later)
  6. mix 1/3 of the meringue into the yolk mixture and WHISK
  7. FOLD all of the egg ingredients together using a SPATULA
  8. Ladle small amounts of the pancake batter into 2 or 3 areas in your pan
  9. as it settles top each one off with 1 more scoop
  10. add a little water in 3 spaces in the pan to create some steam and then close with a lid
  11. around 6-7 min later they should be ready to flip
  12. roll them over, add water, and cook for 4 – 5 more min

48 HOURS LATER YOU ARE DONE!

wow marvel at the 6 pancakes you have made that look very aesthetically pleasing!

haha all jokes aside, I had a great time making this recipe and was inspired by the food craze going on right now and that one “Insider Food” video that keeps popping up on my recommendations.

Tips

  • Make sure to whisk till stiff peaks
  • preheat the pan so the pancake cooks well in the middle (you dont want a lava cake haha)
  • this whole recipe tastes 10X better with homemade whipped cream (just make it im telling you its very worth it)
  • roll the pancakes over DONT flip them

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