Chocolate Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Ingredients

• 125 g Cottage cheese
• 11 g Butter, melted (Plus extra for frying and serving; amount unspecified.)
• 40 g Maple syrup (For the batter.)
• 2 Eggs (Medium)
• 60 g Milk
• 115 g Flour (The source does not specify the flour type.)
• 10 g Cocoa powder
• 6 g Baking powder
• 80 g Chocolate chunks (Chopped; the author used milk, white, and dark chocolate.)
• Maple syrup or agave syrup (For topping, to taste; the author finished with agave syrup.)

Steps

1. 1

   Add the cottage cheese, melted butter, maple syrup, eggs, and milk to a food processor or blender.

2. 2

   Blend until the mixture is smooth and fully combined.

3. 3

   In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder.

4. 4

   Pour the blended wet mixture into the dry ingredients and whisk to combine.

5. 5

   Add the chopped chocolate chunks and mix them through the batter.

6. 6

   Set a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat and add about 1 tablespoon of butter for frying.

7. 7

   Spoon about 1/4 cup batter into the pan for each pancake. Fry for about 1 minute, until golden, then flip.

8. 8

   Continue cooking the pancakes in batches until all the batter is used.

9. 9

   Stack the pancakes and top with a little butter and agave syrup, or maple syrup.

Notes

The source does not specify a flour type or the exact amount of extra butter and topping syrup. Cook pancakes in batches as needed.

Nutrition per serving

• breakfast
• vegetarian
• high-protein
• chocolate
• pan-fried
• Pancake Day