Our pancake recipes from around the world for include sweet and savoury pancakes. We’ve got recipes for everything from Vietnamese banh xeo, crispy turmeric crêpes filled with savoury minced pork and bean sprouts to Japanese okonomiyaki made with eggs, cabbage, yams, dashi stock, and flour. We’ve also got recipes for the classic Russian crêpes called … Read more
Some of my best pancake recipes come from my Russian-Ukrainian grandmother’s kitchen and include pancake recipes for blini (‘pancakes’ in Russian), potato pancakes, buckwheat pancakes, ricotta pancakes, and more. Forget the store-bought pancake mixes and make these home-made pancake recipes this weekend for breakfast, brunch or a leisurely lunch. My best pancake recipes make the … Read more
My blini with smoked salmon and caviar recipe makes a DIY blini spread for a weekend brunch or feast of zakuski or Russian starters. Use my buckwheat pancakes recipe to make your own blini or pancakes – or use store-bought pikelets or mini pancakes for spontaneous gatherings, as I have for this, and you’ll have … Read more
Our Vietnamese banh xeo recipe makes crispy crêpes filled with savoury minced pork and bean sprouts. Traditionally eaten as a street food snack, these Central Vietnam-style yellow turmeric-tinted pancakes should be wrapped in fragrant herbs and leafy lettuce, and dunked in nuoc cham dipping sauce. They need to be eaten immediately before they start to … Read more
My Russian ricotta cheese pancakes recipe makes syrniki or farmer’s cheese pancakes. Crunchy outside and fluffy within, these scrummy Russian pancakes are traditionally made with tvorog or farmer’s cheese. Hard to find outside Europe or Russian diaspora communities, I’ve long made syrniki with ricotta and they’re just as delicious. Serve piping hot with sour cream, … Read more