Bacon and Cheese Stuffed Pancake Recipe

This bacon and cheese stuffed pancake is a savoury pan-fried bread that works for breakfast, brunch, or a mid-day snack. This recipe uses Uni-President My Day Home Made Series Bread Flour, a high-protein, unbleached bread flour that gives the dough a soft, chewy texture with a crisp golden exterior once pan-fried.

Each piece is filled with smoky diced bacon and melted mozzarella, sealed and pan-fried until golden.

Ingredients

• Bread flour – 250g (Uni-President My Day Home Made Series Bread Flour) 
• Milk – 190g (Yotsuba Hokkaido UHT Fresh Milk)
• Yeast – 2.5g (Lesaffre Saf‑Instant Baker's Dry Yeast)
• Sugar – 5g
• Salt – 2g
• Diced bacon – 60g 
• Mozzarella Cheese - 150g
• Shredded Cheese – 60g (Arla Mozzarella Shredded Cheese) 

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Tips

• Cook the bacon beforehand in a pan or bake in the oven at 150°C (top and bottom heat) until lightly browned and fragrant. Dice and set aside.
• Pre-portion the mozzarella into 25g servings for easy assembly.

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Instructions

1. Prepare the dough
Dissolve the sugar and salt in the milk, then add the dry yeast and stir until fully dissolved.

2. Mix
Add in the bread flour and mix until no dry flour remains.

3. First fermentation
Scrape down the sides of the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let the dough ferment at room temperature for 60 minutes.

4. Divide
After fermentation, transfer the dough out and divide into 40g portions.

5. Pre-shape
Lightly round each portion into a ball.

6. Rest
Place the dough onto a baking tray, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rest for 20–30 minutes.

7. Shape
Flatten each dough piece gently by hand.

8. Fill
Flip the dough over (bottom side facing up), then fill with 10g diced bacon and 25g mozzarella cheese.

9. Seal & final proof
Seal the edges tightly, place seam-side down, and sprinkle about 10g shredded cheese on top. Let it proof for another 20–25 minutes.

10. Pan-fry

Heat a pan over medium heat and add a small amount of butter. Place top side (cheese side) face-down in the pan first.

11. Cook until golden
Cover the pan with a lid and cook over low-medium heat for 4–5 minutes on each side. Pan-fry until golden brown, then flip and cook the other side until evenly golden. Remove from the pan and serve warm.