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Pancakes and crepes

Dutch baby pancake with mortadella and rocket.

Upgrade your Shrove Tuesday pancakes with Helen Goh’s savoury Dutch baby

These oven-puffed pancakes boast crisp edges and a custardy heart. They’re easy to master and even easier to customise.

  • Helen Goh
Blueberry pancakes.

Better batter: 20 pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday

Whether you like your pancakes thick and fluffy or thin and lacy, you’ll flip for these recipes. We have stacks of options, both sweet and savoury, to cover every craving.

Level up midweek dinners with this mushroom-packed version of Japan’s favourite savoury pancake.
EASY

This Friday night fakeaway is a vegetarian take on a Japanese favourite

A mushroom-packed version of Japan’s favourite savoury pancake. 

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Banh xeo from Viet Kieu.

How to make banh xeo (crispy Vietnamese crepes) at home

Chef Thi Le, co-owner of Melbourne restaurant Anchovy, reveals the secret to lacy-edged savoury crepes.

  • Thi Le
Bill Granger’s sweetcorn fritters.
EASY

How to make Bill Granger’s favourite brunch: Sweetcorn fritters with Tex-Mex sides

He was known as the king of brunch. And this was the dish that captured Bill Granger’s heart.

  • < 30 mins
  • Bill Granger
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Kimchi fritters.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s kimchi fritters

Jeon are savoury Korean pancakes, but pan-sized ones can be difficult to flip. Try this smaller version for something easier to make.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw masterclass recipe: Perfect pancakes.
EASY

The game-changing secret to cooking perfectly fluffy, golden-brown pancakes

Adam Liaw reveals how to make thick pancakes with edge-to-edge colour, thanks to science.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Bill Granger’s ricotta hotcakes.
EASY

How to make Australia’s most famous weekend brunch dish at home

Like the recipe’s creator, Bill Granger, these fluffy ricotta hotcakes, served with honeycomb butter and banana, are the stuff of Australian legend.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Bill Granger
Theeca serves one giant pancake.

Batter up! The best pancakes in Sydney, from American hotcakes to souffle stacks

Pancakes aren’t just for weekends. Whether it’s Shrove Tuesday or just a plain old Wednesday, here’s where to get your hit.

  • Erina Starkey
Walrus in Brunswick has built a following for its US diner pancakes.

From syrup-drenched to ultra-fluffy: The best spots for pancakes in Melbourne

Whether you prefer them diner-style with bacon, or puffed up like a souffle, here’s where to get your pancake fix.

  • Quincy Malesovas