Duck fat makes for a special treat; you can also use clarified butter or ghee, available at specialty foods stores.
Ingredients
Makes 16 pancakes
Step 1
Whisk milk and eggs in a large bowl to blend. Whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Add dry ingredients to egg mixture; whisk just to blend. Cover and chill for up to 1 hour.
Step 2
Melt duck fat in a large skillet to a depth of 1/3" over medium heat. Using a 1/4-cup measure and working in batches, spoon batter into skillet. Cook until pancakes are slightly puffed and golden brown and bubbles form and begin to pop along edges, 1-2 minutes. Flip and cook until golden brown and cooked through, 1-2 minutes longer. Using a slotted spoon, transfer pancakes to a paper towel-lined plate.
Step 3
Transfer pancakes to plates. Drizzle generously with syrup.
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Reviews (20)
Back to TopSublime. The pancake is very basic, allowing the exquisite duck fat flavors to shine. It would definitely work as the base for a savory dish as well, as one reviewer suggests. A wonderful way to use saved duck fat--but then an old shoe would be delicious cooked in duck fat.
Anonymous
Manhattan
1/17/2015
I fried them in ghee. As another commenter mentioned, this is a classic Canadian-style pancake. Just the thing for a -40c morning.
m4d4m
The Barren Hinterland
2/1/2013
This brought back childhood memories of my Canadian grandmother. We would all descend on her house when she announced she was making "Canadian Flapjacks". We would slather them in even more butter and then the maple syrup...Yum. She died at age 94, and I have been looking for the recipe ever since.
sjayde
New Hampshire
12/14/2012
I imagine this will be very good...to all the "health" watch dogs out there it's all about moderation. The French have been using duck fat for centuries and there is no evidence of obesity here. Mc Donalds is popular very understated but a treat on occasions. No supersizing here.
mcgoose
Gaillardou, France
2/13/2012
I imagine this will be very good...to all the "health" watch dogs out there it's all about moderation. The French have been using duck fat for centuries and there is no evidence of obesity here. Mc Donalds is popular very understated but a treat on occasions. No supersizing here.
mcgoose
Gaillardou, France
2/13/2012
I have not made this (yet). I'm thunderstruck at the negative comments though. This is Epicurious. Live a little for gosh sake! A little duck fat will not kill you! Just don't eat it every day (then, like everything else, it just might!) There is a food truck here in DC that sells French Fries fried in Duck Fat....SUBLIME!
WarrenBaltimore
Crofton, MD
1/23/2012
Try this as an appetizer with some sauteed wild mushrooms with a little thyme on top! It will rock your world!
linkmarkr
Menlo Park, CA
1/22/2012
Maybe the name is a turn off ?The results are amazing! I may even try it with rendered chicken fat.
huntgrl1
Monteray,Va
1/22/2012
This is obviously not a dish one would prepare on a regular basis. Everything in moderation, you know? BTW, for the self-appointed food police who seem to believe that somehow duck fat will instantly seal off their arteries and kill their families: in composition, duck fat more closely resembles olive oil than other animal fats, like, say, butter (it's high in linoleic acid and omega-3 & 6). Educate yourselves, enjoy and provide a balanced diet for you and your families (like we do), and you may just raise children who don't have eating disorders. :) The bottom line, though - if this dish sounds like something you would like, then try it. If it offends you, don't, but please save the self-righteous indignation.
echick
Florida
1/22/2012
I agree with StevyD...go to Cooking Light if you are so offended. If you choose not to make this recipe, then don't. Quit lecturing.
137buster
1/22/2012
McDonald's and Burger King does Duck Fat Pancakes? Moscotty, tell me where? Mine doesn't. but I never go to McD and rarely ever to BK or any hamburger joint anyway. Some people seem so afraid of food they must pack a pistol to market with so many evil groceries hanging about.
StevyD
1/22/2012
yum? well, i don't know, but i really don't want to. it probably tastes good but is it healthy? i doubt. would you really want to introduce this to your family as something healthy??? look around you at all the overweight people--they're eating FAT and CALORIES. duck fat? boy, that sounds like something i want my family to eat (or any animal fat!) so what if it's not healthy . . . it tastes soooo good, or YUM! as some have put it. please re-think your choice for your family. america is raising more and more overweight children and the "cook" is responsible for this. do your part to bring healthy, good-tasting food to the family table--don't blame it on McDonalds or Burger King. kids eat what their parent's allow them to eat. this recipe should not be in your files!
moscotty
MO
1/21/2012
Duck fat is like liquid gold. Anyone who thinks this recipe is disgusting obviously knows nothing about good food. Haven't tried this yet, but it's on my list. :) Duck fat improves just about anything cooked in it - including popcorn. Yum!
Anonymous
Tampa, FL
1/21/2012
Duck fat has been around forever! I am not fond of duck meat but duck fat home fries, to die for! This recipe sounds amazing :)
fluxiest
capecod
1/21/2012
Wanna be "foodies" lacking grace and style are prone to such descriptive terms as disgusting, yucky, gross and icky. At least on Epicurious, there is hope they may learn something. Not often having duck or goose fat, I more commonly use bacon fat as a rare treat when I fry or saute; EVOO being my default fat.
StevyD
SF Bay Area
1/21/2012
