Russian

Syrniki (Farmer Cheese Pancakes)

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Syrniki (Farmer Cheese Pancakes) is Russian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium Eggetarian Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves
3

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Mash the farmer cheese well and mix in the egg, sugar, and salt.

  2. Stir in the flour until a soft, slightly sticky dough forms.

  3. Shape into small patties, dusting your hands with a little extra flour.

  4. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and fry the patties 3 minutes per side until golden.

  5. Serve warm with sour cream for spooning over.

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Serve it with

A Russian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Syrniki (Farmer Cheese Pancakes), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Syrniki (Farmer Cheese Pancakes) carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Syrniki (Farmer Cheese Pancakes)
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts No
Dairy Yes Gorohovyi Sup (Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage)
Gluten Yes Boiled Potatoes with Dill and Butter
Shellfish No
Eggs Yes Baked Chicken with Potatoes
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories
420 kcal
Protein
28 g
Carbs
21 g
Fat
25 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
8 g
Sodium
260 mg
Saturated fat
9 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Syrniki (Farmer Cheese Pancakes) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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