How long does it take to make Buckwheat Microgreen Pancakes with Maple Syrup?
This recipe takes approximately 25 min total.
25 min
· Serves 4
· Updated March 16, 2026
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Buckwheat microgreens are best added fresh as a finishing ingredient. Fluffy buckwheat flour pancakes folded with earthy buckwheat microgreens — a savory-sweet breakfast with real depth of flavor.
This recipe takes approximately 25 min total.
Buckwheat microgreens work best as a fresh finishing ingredient, adding color, texture, and a just-cut flavor that stands out right before serving.
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1 cup buckwheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups whole milk
1 large egg
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup buckwheat microgreens, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (for cooking)
Pure maple syrup, for serving
Whisk buckwheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, combine milk, egg, and melted butter.
Pour wet ingredients into dry; mix until just combined — a few lumps are fine. Do not over-mix.
Fold in the chopped buckwheat microgreens.
Heat a non-stick skillet or griddle over medium heat; add a drizzle of vegetable oil.
Pour 1/4 cup batter per pancake. Cook 2–3 minutes until bubbles form and edges look set, then flip.
Cook 1–2 minutes more until golden brown. Serve warm with maple syrup.
Buckwheat microgreens are grown from Fagopyrum esculentum seed and cut young for a mild, lemony green with a tender stem. Research interest centres on the flavonoids rutin and quercetin, which rise sharply as the seed germinates. Most published work measures sprouts rather than tray-grown microgreens, so figures should be read as indicative of the germinating plant rather than of a specific harvest.
• Buckwheat is a recognised dietary source of the flavonoid rutin, and germination has been shown to raise rutin and quercetin levels well above those of the ungerminated seed.
moderate evidence• Published measurements are largely from sprouts rather than tray-grown microgreens, and values vary with cultivar, germination time, and growing conditions.
strong evidence• Buckwheat is not a cereal and contains no gluten, though shared handling and milling can introduce cross-contact.
strong evidence1. Analysis of Phenolic Compounds in Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) Sprouts Modified with Probiotic Yeast — Molecules, 2022
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