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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Dinner, Meal Keto fauxtato pancakes with bacon
Here is a gluten-free and keto fauxtato (bye bye potato!) pancake recipe that doesn't take much time to make, and feeds a whole hungry family. Paired with crispy bacon and sour lingonberries, this recipe is a keeper.
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servingservings
Ingredients
- 8 8 large egglarge eggs
- 1 cup 240 ml heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup 240 ml water
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp ground psyllium husk powder
- 1 tsp 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ½ tsp ground black pepper
- ¾ lb 325 g zucchini, finely grated
- ½ (2 oz.) ½ (55 g) yellow onion, finely gratedyellow onions, finely grated
- ½ lb 220 g bacon
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp butter, for frying
- ½ cup 120 ml lingonberries (optional)
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 210°F (100°C).
- Whisk the eggs, cream, and water with an electric mixer until you get a smooth batter. Salt and pepper. Slowly sprinkle in the psyllium husk powder while mixing continuously to avoid lumps. Set aside to thicken for about 10 minutes.
- Add zucchini and onion to the batter.
- In a large frying pan, fry the bacon until crispy. Keep the bacon warm in the oven. Reserve the fat in the pan for frying the pancakes.
- Fry the pancakes over medium-low heat. Use ½ cup (100 ml) of batter per pancake. Don't be too eager, wait until the top is almost done before flipping the pancakes.
- Serve the pancakes with the crispy bacon and some lingonberries, if you're using any.
Tip
Serve with sour cream and chives.
I had to make the pancakes a bit smaller, as they otherwise did not survive the flipping.
As Siv said, try to make the pancakes a bit smaller in diameter, otherwise they are hard to flip.
And yes, if it’s thicker (no added water) I might be able to make them smaller. I won’t rate this recipe till I tried it again this way.
There is not a requirement to squeeze the moisture out of the zucchini. Typically issues with moisture in recipes using psyllium are a result of using psyllium husk rather than psyllium husk powder. It is also very important to allow time for the batter to thicken before adding the zucchini and onions.