Cheese Pancakes -- Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 2 cups strawberries, chopped into quarters
• 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
• 1/2-1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 eggs, yolks and whites separated
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon best-quality vanilla extract
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

Directions

1. 1

   Put the strawberries into a bowl and sprinkle with balsamic vinegar and sugar. Stir before covering with plastic wrap and leaving to steep while you make the cheesecakelets.

2. 2

   Mix the egg yolks with the sugar, beating well. Add the vanilla, cottage cheese, and flour. Then, in another bowl, whisk the whites until frothy with a hand whisk and fold into the cottage cheese mixture.

3. 3

   Heat a smooth griddle or nonstick skillet and dollop the batter onto it make cakelets of about 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Each cheesecakelet will take a minute or so to firm up underneath, then you should flip it and cook the other side, and remove to a warmed plate when ready.

4. 4

   Turn the strawberries in the ruby syrup they've made and squish some pieces with a fork at the same time. Serve with the hot cheesecakelets.