Lemon-ricotta pancakes with warm blueberries
Tender ricotta pancakes with warm blueberries and the fragrance of fresh lemon.
About 25 min · 415 kcal · 22 g protein per serving
Vegetarian
Orange and vanilla semolina with quark
Smooth semolina porridge with orange zest and creamy quark.
By The foodose editorial team. Nutrition calculated from USDA FoodData Central. Checked on paper on 12 September 2026; not yet cooked in a test kitchen or photographed, so the times and yield are estimates. How we develop our recipes
What still needs a real kitchen
- Confirm 60 g of semolina thickens 450 ml of liquid in 4 to 5 minutes
- Photograph the finished bowls
- Time
- About 20 min
- estimated
- Serves
- 2
- see below
- Energy
- 295 kcal
- per serving
- Protein
- 20 g
- per serving
Ingredients for 2 servings
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Contains gluten, milk.
Cooking steps
Bring the milk and water to a gentle simmer in a saucepan.
Pour in the semolina in a thin stream, whisking all the time, then cook over low heat for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring, until smooth and thick enough to hold a line from the spoon.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the vanilla and the orange zest.
Divide between two bowls, spoon the quark on top and add the orange segments.
The useful detail
Add semolina in a thin stream to prevent lumps. Tipped in at once it wets on the outside and stays dry in the middle, and no amount of beating fixes it afterwards.
Make it work for you
One serving is A bowl of semolina with 100 g of quark and half the orange. You can switch to a smaller portion in the ingredients above; it is three quarters of this, and it contains correspondingly less energy and protein. It is an option, not a goal.
Unsweetened soya milk
Thickens in the same way.
Per serving: about 20 kcal less, about the same protein, about the same fat.
Allergens: Adds soya. The quark still contains milk.
Greek yoghurt instead of quark
Looser and tangier; quark is the firmer of the two.
Per serving: about the same energy, about the same protein, about 2 g more fat.
Estimated nutrition
Per standard serving, calculated from the ingredients above. Nutrition changes with substitutions, brands and how much oil stays in the pan.
A soft, warm breakfast where the quark does most of the protein work. The orange is the only sweetness in the bowl.
| Energy | 295 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 20 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| of which saturates | 2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 45 g |
| of which sugars | not calculated |
| Fibre | 3 g |
| Sodium | 450 mg |
Show calculation notes
Each ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its USDA FoodData Central values per 100 g. The whole recipe is added up and divided by 2. Raw weights are used for meat, fish and vegetables; beans and lentils are drained weights. All of the oil is counted as eaten. Added salt is not included; sodium from stock, bread, cheese and tinned food is.
| Ingredient | Weight used | Source | Energy | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| milk | 310 g | FDC 171267Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D | 155 kcal | 10.2 g |
| water | 150 g | No energy | 0 kcal | 0.0 g |
| semolina | 60 g | FDC 169715Semolina, enriched | 216 kcal | 7.6 g |
| vanilla extract | 2 g | FDC 173471Vanilla extract | 6 kcal | 0.0 g |
| oranges | 150 g | FDC 169097Oranges, raw, all commercial varieties | 71 kcal | 1.4 g |
| quark | 200 g | FDC 172181Cheese, cottage, nonfat, uncreamed, dry, large or small curdFoodData Central has no quark record. Calculated as dry-curd cottage cheese, the closest fresh unripened curd cheese it holds; the two are close in energy and protein, and your pot's label is the exact figure. | 144 kcal | 20.7 g |
| Whole recipe | Divided by 2 | 591 kcal | 39.9 g |
Per serving the energy is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal, grams to the nearest whole gram and sodium to the nearest 10 mg. of which sugars could not be calculated, because one ingredient’s record does not cover it; the row above says which. Calculation method 1.0, September 2026. How the calculation works.
Storage and reheating
- In the fridge
- Cool, cover and refrigerate within 2 hours of cooking. Eat within 3 to 4 days. Semolina sets firm once cold; loosen it with a splash of milk when you reheat it.
- In the freezer
- Freezing keeps food safe indefinitely; the texture is best if it is eaten sooner rather than later.
- Reheating
- Reheat until it reaches 74°C / 165°F, steaming hot throughout.
Checked against US Food and Drug Administration, Refrigerator and Freezer Storage Chart, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Leftovers and Food Safety, FoodSafety.gov, Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures and FoodSafety.gov, Cold Food Storage Chart. UK guidance from the Food Standards Agency is shorter, at two days for most leftovers.
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