Syrniki or fried Eastern Slavic quark pancakes

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• 275 g quark

• sieve
• bowl
• cooking spoon

Rub the quark (275 g) through a large metal sieve.

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• 20 g flour
• 25 g sugar
• 25 g soft wheat semolina
• 1 egg
• 1 vanilla bean

• bowl
• fork

Mix the egg, wheat semolina, flour, vanilla, sugar in a bowl.

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Add the quark and mix thoroughly. Let the mixture to rest for 2 minutes.

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• 2 tsp flour (for breading)

• plate

Pour the flour onto a separate plate, make balls from the mixture with your hands, roll in flour.

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Make the “hockey pucks” from the balls.

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• olive oil (for frying)

• frying pan

Add some oil to a preheated pan, put the “hockey pucks”. Fry them first on one side, then gently turn over and fry the other side, reduce heat and cover.

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• 10 g sour cream (for serving)
• fruit (for serving)
• caster sugar (for serving)

• plate

Serve with sour cream, berries, fruits. Bon appétit!

Enjoy your meal!