Another healthy recipe to make out of one pumpkin.
- Ingredients:
- 2 oranges
- 7oz/200g whole wheat flour
- 1tsp pumpkin pie spices
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg , beaten
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup ricotta
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree*
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 handful walnuts roughly chopped
- 1 handful raisins or cranberries.
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Mix the egg with a splash of milk. Stir into the flour with a wooden spoon. Add gradually the rest of the milk, until you have a dump free batter. Beat in the ricotta , then the pumpkin puree.
Peel the oranges and slice into rounds.
Heat a large non stick pan, add the oil. Swirl it around the pan and pour the excess into a bowl. Pour the batter and cook until browned in both sides.
Place pancakes in a plate with orange slices on top, drizzle with honey, add walnuts and raisins.
* Preheat oven to 325 F. Place pieces of pumpkin, seeds removed. Bake for 1hr or until tender. Scrap pumpkin meat from shell and puree in a blender. You can freeze the leftovers and use in other
recipes