
Make the Coconut Crème Anglaise:
Temper egg yolks with warm cream, coconut milk, and milk, then melt in white chocolate and vanilla.

Pineapple caramelizes against the griddle, then faces up on the plate like an upside-down cake. A silky coconut custard sauce gives the pancakes their piña colada mood.
This started as a pineapple upside-down pancake, but turning it into a piña colada pancake gives it more personality. The pineapple still caramelizes right into the pancake, but the sauce now leans into coconut instead of just vanilla cream. The full-fat coconut milk, white chocolate, and vanilla make the crème anglaise rich and tropical without turning it into frosting. Add cinnamon butter on top, toasted coconut around the plate, and a little lime zest, and suddenly it feels like a breakfast that knows exactly what it is.

Temper egg yolks with warm cream, coconut milk, and milk, then melt in white chocolate and vanilla.

Drain and dry the pineapple chunks so they caramelize instead of steaming.

Sprinkle pineapple into the pancake batter before flipping.

Flip the pancakes pineapple-side down until golden.

Plate the pancakes so the caramelized pineapple is on display.
Ladle with coconut crème anglaise, add cinnamon butter, and finish with toasted coconut.

Pineapple caramelizes against the griddle, then faces up on the plate like an upside-down cake. A silky coconut custard sauce gives the pancakes their piña colada mood.
8 pancakes — Serving size: 2 pancakes

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