Regular pancakes are fine. These are not regular pancakes. The ricotta makes them impossibly fluffy — like, almost souffle-level fluffy. And the lemon zest cuts through the richness so they do not feel heavy. I have been making these every weekend for about a year now and my family still gets excited when they see me pull out the ricotta. The batter is thick. Like, really thick. Do not add more milk to thin it out — that thickness is what gives you those tall, puffy pancakes instead of flat sa