Piña Colada Pancakes

Piña Colada Pancakes

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.

Butter Club Notes

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.

How to Make Piña Colada Pancakes

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Piña Colada Pancakes: Add the White Chocolate
01

Make the Coconut Crème Anglaise:

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

Piña Colada Pancakes: Prepare the Pineapple
02

Prepare the Pineapple:

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

Piña Colada Pancakes: Cook the Pancakes
03

Cook the Pancakes:

Sprinkle pineapple into the pancake batter before flipping.

A spatula reveals caramelized pineapple chunks on a pancake while three pancakes cook pineapple-side down on the griddle
04

Caramelize the Pineapple:

Flip the pancakes pineapple-side down until golden.

Piña Colada Pancakes: Flip and Caramelize
05

Serve Pineapple-Side Up:

Plate the pancakes so the caramelized pineapple is on display.

06

Finish and Garnish:

Ladle with coconut crème anglaise, add cinnamon butter, and finish with toasted coconut.

Piña Colada Pancakes

Piña Colada Pancakes

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.

By Alex Stone

Prep15 minCook30 minTotal45 MINUTESDifficultyMedium
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Ingredients

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Pancakes

Coconut White Chocolate Crème Anglaise

Garnish

Instructions

Instructions

  1. ¾ cup coconut milk, ½ cup heavy cream, ¼ cup whole milk, 1 tsp vanilla, pinch kosher salt
  2. 3 egg yolks, 2 tbsp sugar, warm cream mixture
  3. tempered custard
  4. 3 oz white chocolate
  5. 1½ cups pineapple chunks
  6. butter or neutral oil
  7. Classic Buttermilk-Style Pancake Batter, prepared pineapple
  8. pineapple pancakes
  9. caramelized pineapple pancakes
  10. coconut crème anglaise, Cinnamon Butter, toasted coconut, lime zest, macadamia nuts, powdered sugar.

Nutrition (Approximate Per Serving)

Yield

8 pancakes — Serving size: 2 pancakes

Calories
725
Carbohydrates
79 g
Protein
13 g
Fat
40 g
Saturated Fat
27 g
Polyunsaturated Fat
3 g
Monounsaturated Fat
8 g
Cholesterol
198 mg
Sodium
625 mg
Potassium
430 mg
Fiber
5 g
Total Sugars
43 g
Vitamin A
760 IU
Vitamin C
15 mg
Calcium
245 mg
Iron
4 mg

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