Ancient Roman Pancakes (Ova Sfongia Ex Lacte)

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

Steps

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

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Adapted from “Ancient Roman Pancakes (Ova Sfongia Ex Lacte)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.