These are not your everyday pancakes. Made with ricotta cheese, drizzled with a salted caramel brown butter sauce and topped with mascarpone cheese, this lovely and delectable stack is perfect for a winter brunch.

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PREP20 min
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Cooking20 min
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Ready in40 min

Ingredients

SALTED CARAMEL BROWN BUTTER SAUCE (MAKE AHEAD)

Instructions

SALTED CARAMEL BROWN BUTTER SAUCE

  1. Step
    In a small skillet, melt butter over medium heat until foamy and starting to turn amber in colour; remove from heat.
  2. Step
    ​In a large, high-sided skillet, sprinkle sugar in an even layer. Over medium-low heat, melt sugar until caramel in colour, whisking as necessary to melt evenly.
  3. Step
    Slowly whisk in brown butter for 1 minute until smooth and remove from heat. Slowly drizzle in cream, whisking continuously until all the cream is added and bubbles subside. Add salt and whisk to combine. Carefully pour sauce into a heat-safe jar or pitcher and set aside.

EGGNOG PANCAKES

  1. Step
    In a bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
  2. Step
    In a large bowl, whisk together ricotta, eggnog, egg yolks and vanilla. Add flour mixture and mix with a handheld mixer to combine. Clean beaters and beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter.
  3. Step
    In a large, non-stick skillet or griddle, heat about 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the butter over medium heat. Ladle about 1/3 cup (75 mL) of the batter into skillet and cook for 3 minutes or until bubbles appear on top. Flip and cook for 2 minutes or until golden. Repeat with remaining batter, using butter as necessary.
  4. Step
    Stack pancakes and drizzle salted caramel brown butter sauce over top. Top with a liberal scoop of mascarpone and serve.

Notes

Nutritional info per serving:

2 PANCAKES WITH MASCARPONE AND SAUCE (NOT ALL OF THE SAUCE)

Calories 660
Fat 43 g
Saturated Fat 27 g
Trans Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 215 mg
Sodium 430 mg
Carbohydrates  50 g
Fibre 1 g
Surgars 29 g
Protein  18 g

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For a rich brown butter flavour, whisk only the melted butter—not the milk solids—into the sauce.

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