Pre-Script: Sorry for the absence and lack of blog posts recently. I’ve been traveling a LOT (I mean a LOT) for business and a vacation, so I haven’t been around much. I also haven’t been cooking much, which means nothing to blog about. However, these amazing pancakes lured me out of my dark cave and I just have to share.
Lemon-Cottage Cheese Pancakes. They are out-of-this-world good. My husband and I first had them when we went on our anniversary trip to Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa. We ate at the Big 3 Diner there at the Inn and got these pancakes as part of our breakfast. We were in heaven. We loved them so much we ordered them a second time, the morning we were checking out.
Big 3 Pancakes:
I then ran out on the internet to see if I could find the recipe. I DID! They are identical. I made them yesterday morning for brunch. My husband and I are calling them “Crack Pancakes”. They are entirely too good and too addicting.
My Pancakes:
We love them so much, we decided we need to show them off to our friends and have a brunch. (Yeah, we’re weird. haha!) 
GO MAKE THEM! You’ll get addicted, too. (I cut the below recipe in half)
Lemon-Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Chef Robert Champagne of Big 3 Diner at Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa – Sonoma, CA
Adapted by StarChefs
Yield: 8 to 10 Servings
Juice and zest of 5 lemons
12 egg yolks
1 cup powered sugar
1 quart low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup all-purpose flour
6 egg whites, whipped into soft peaks
4 ounces clarified butter
Kosher salt to taste
Crème fraiche (optional)
In a large bowl, mix lemon juice, lemon zest, egg yolks, powdered sugar, cottage cheese, and flour. Fold in the whipped egg whites; add clarified butter and season to taste with kosher salt.
Serve garnished with a thinly sliced lemon twist and powdered sugar. On the side serve crème fraiche and warmed real maple syrup.
I can’t tell what’s on the side? Scrambled eggs? Whipped creme fraiche?
wow, does that really say 12 egg yolks?
i just made some lemon poppyseed ricotta pancakes over the weekend. i may have to try them with cottage cheese next time.
YES! It really does say 12 yolks. Crazy, huh? Well, it’s really 6 full eggs and 6 additional yolks (the first 6 are separated)… I didn’t ever say it was a healthy dish. haha!
As for the sides… Creme Fraiche, butter, maple syrup and scrambled eggs, fruit. On mine, I served with the same but with a veggie sausage patty.
I am so excited to see this recipe! My husband and I just tried it at the Inn for our anniversary this past June. YUMMY! My mother’s old cookbook had lots of cottage cheese recipes but no lemon… Can’t wait to try!!!
So I just got back from the Mission Inn and did the very same thing you did….I had to find those pancakes! Your site came up first, so I am going to try them. Can’t wait, thanks for doing all the leg work for me and getting them online. Annie
SFGF – We were just there in late May for our Anniversary also. We must have just missed each other.
Annie – I’m glad I could help. Aren’t they so delicious and addicting? I’ve made them for a few of my friends and I’ve had resounding raves from them all.