Syrniki or fried Eastern Slavic quark pancakes
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"Syrniki are made from tvorog (the closest in the would be farmer's cheese or quark). They are traditionally sweet and served for breakfast or dessert. Their simplicity and delicious taste have made them very popular in Eastern Europe."
Difficulty
Easy 👌Preparation
Baking
Resting
Ingredients
Utensils
sieve, 2 bowls, cooking spoon, fork, 2 plates, frying pan
Step 1/7
- 275 g quark
- sieve
- bowl
- cooking spoon
Rub the quark (275 g) through a large metal sieve.
Step 2/7
- 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.
Step 3/7
Add the quark and mix thoroughly. Let the mixture to rest for 2 minutes.
Step 4/7
- 2 tsp flour (for breading)
- plate
Pour the flour onto a separate plate, make balls from the mixture with your hands, roll in flour.
Step 5/7
Make the “hockey pucks” from the balls.
Step 6/7
- 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.
Step 7/7
- 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!
