Dorayaki red bean pancakes

Name: Dorayaki red bean pancakes
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 80g caster sugar; 2 tbsp runny honey; 100g plain flour; 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tbsp water; 1 tsp vegetable oil; 300g sweetened red bean paste

Honey-sweet little pancakes sandwiched with a sweet adzuki bean filling.

Time40 min
LevelMedium
Costabout £0.33 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings

Ingredients

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3eggs
80 gcaster sugar
2 tbsprunny honey
100 gplain flour
½ tspbicarbonate of soda
2 tbspwater
1 tspvegetable oil
300 gsweetened red bean paste

Method

1
Whisk the eggs, sugar and honey for 3 minutes until pale and a little thick.
2
Sift in the flour and bicarbonate of soda and fold in gently. Add the water and mix to a smooth batter. Rest for 15 minutes.
15 min
3
Rub a non stick frying pan lightly with oil and heat on low to medium.
4
Pour in a tablespoon of batter to make a 8 cm round. Cook for 2 minutes until bubbles appear, then flip and cook 1 minute more. Make 12.
3 min
5
Cool the pancakes on a rack under a clean tea towel to keep them soft.
6
Spread red bean paste on 6 pancakes and sandwich with the rest.

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