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Ancient Roman Pancakes (Ova Sfongia Ex Lacte)

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Ova sfongia ex lacte are an ancient Roman cake similar to a modern pancake.

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 3 cups milk
  • ¾ cup olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups flour (preferably whole wheat for authenticity)
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 dash ground pepper
  • Dates

Instructions

  1. 1
    Beat together eggs, milk, oil, salt, and flour until you have a runny pancake dough. Add more flour if necessary.
  2. 2
    Cook on a hot skillet.
  3. 3
    Serve topped with honey, a little pepper, and dates (if you want to). Enjoy!
Method
Frying

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Ancient_Roman_Pancakes_(Ova_Sfongia_Ex_Lacte)