It’s S U N D A Y ! A perfect day for pancakes…am I right?!
I’ve got one amazing recipe for the simplest 3-ingredient sweet potato pancakes topped with a delicious, fresh, sweet, and tart roasted berry rhubarb compote.
Yep. That’s a whole lot of tastiness on one plate!
This past week in my weekly SPUD delivery, I got a nice batch of fresh, local, organic rhubarb. I haven’t had rhubarb in ages so I was itching to get in the kitchen and put it to good use.
Rhubarb is actually a vegetable but is typically prepared and enjoyed like a fruit! It’s quite tart, but with some cooking it’s natural sweetness blooms and it pairs perfectly with berries!
Rhubarb is also a nutritional powerhouse! It’s packed with vitamins, minerals, and has a great amount of dietary fibre. Good for your brain and your belly!
I chose to roast the rhubarb with a mix of raspberries and blueberries and a generous drizzle of raw honey to cut the tartness and keep the compote wonderfully sweet.
The compote turned out precisely how I had hoped it would – thick, sweet, and perfect for smothering all over my sweet potato pancakes!
Ah yes… on to the pancakes…
In my SPUD order I also bought a can of organic sweet potato puree! The puree worked wonderfully combined with a tiny bit of coconut flour and eggs to make a smooth batter for my pancakes.
I opted to use a few drops of stevia for a little extra sweetness, but I realized once the pancakes were topped with my berry rhubarb compote that I could have probably gone without, as the compote was sweet enough for the entire dish!
The one drawback of pancakes with sweet potato and coconut flour is that they take a few minutes to cook up in the pan, so patience is required – but trust me, they are well worth the wait!
This recipe combines ample amounts of fibre with healthy complex carbohydrates, antioxidants, natural sweetness, and only 7 ingredients in total!
That’s a win, win, win in my mind!
The hubby was close by as I prepared this batch of pancakes and was kind of enough to help me make my second little video! Have a peek and be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel!
Have you made sweet potato pancakes before? What do you put in them? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below!
- For the pancakes:
- ½ cup sweet potato puree
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- 5-10 drops of stevia or 1 tablespoon melted honey (optional)
- For the compote:
- 2-3 stalks of rhubarb, chopped
- 1 cup mixed raspberries and blackberries
- ½ tablespoon raw honey
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Spread the rhubarb and berries over the pan and drizzle with the honey.
- Roast for 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile prepare the pancakes by whisking the eggs in a bowl and stirring in the sweet potato puree and coconut flour until smooth. (add in the stevia or honey if you prefer)
- Heat a small non-stick pan over medium heat and oil the pan with coconut oil or cooking spray.
- Pour the batter into the pan and smooth, let each pancake cook for about 3 minutes before flipping.
- Repeat until the batter is finished. Makes about 6 pancakes.
- When the rhubarb and berries are finished roasting, remove the pan from the oven and mash the rhubarb with the berries and add to a bowl.
- Top the pancakes with ¼ cup of rhubarb compote and store any extra compote in a jar in the fridge for later use.
Have a beautiful Sunday!
Christal
Nutritionist in the Kitch
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Hi, these sounds delicious but I’m wondering if you’ve ever substituted the sweet potato purée for pumpkin purée?!
I haven’t but I’m guessing it would work, the batter might just be a bit runnier!
Yup totally making these. My 10 month old loves sweet potatoes but I feel like I do the same thing ALL THE TIME. I may even make two batches, one sweet and one without the stevia/honey so I can serve with a fried egg on top. Love me some sweet potatoes and eggs. Thanks for thinking of such an awesome recipe!
Yum! love the idea of an egg on top!! Thanks Chrissa!
The pancakes looks delicious. I was wondering about the sweet potato puree. You said you bought a can of it? I don’t think I have ever seen that. Is it in a regular grocery store? Can you cook the sweet potatoes and mash them?
Yes! It’s maybe not at all grocery stores. You can definitely use mashed sweet potato that you just cook! 🙂
All I can think about are these pancakes!! They look totally delish and I love how they are only 3 ingredients!!
Thanks Rebecca!! Have you made them yet?? You must – and you should totally do the Rhubarb compote with it too!
Could I possibly sub any other flour for the coconut flour?
HI Ashley – you could try with another flour but the batter might be slightly runny as coconut flour is very absorbent. I believe it would still work though!
I love sweet potatoes, just had them for breakfast today! These look delish!
So yummy!! I love that you can enjoy them for every meal!
So simple, nutritions, and the flavours – yum! 😀 I need to cook more with rhubarb, love the flavour, the pancakes have such a lovely colour too, thanks for sharing 😀 x
They do, don’t they?? I loved the pops of colour in the dish! Thanks for commenting as always Julie!
Sounds yummy…just had some cinnamon pancakes this am…maybe next one though! Question…how is this considered only using 3 ingredients…I count 7. I guess you are just counting the pancake part (minus the sweetner)?
Thanks:))
Hey Shartran, yes it’s “3-Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes”…. less the optional sweetener, and the rhubarb compote is an addition to that – If you read through the whole post I do mention that the entire recipe is 7 ingredients total 🙂