Сырники – Delicious Russian Cheese Pancakes

Сырники is a Russian and Ukrainian fried quark pancake served with sour cream, jam, honey or apple sauce.

The name сырники which design this pancake is derived from the word сыр (cheese). In ancient time, сыр was the name used for cottage cheese. In modern language сыр design hard cheese, while the name творог is now used for cottage cheese.

This is the reason why, though the name ырники most commonly used, you might encounter its second name творожники.

How to prepare сырники?

This is a really easy dish to prepare, and it's delicious. You need:

Ингредиенты (Ingredients):

• Творог 250 г (250 g of cottage cheese),

• Яйцо 1 шт (1 egg),

• Сахар 2-3 ст. ложки (2-3 tablespoons of sugar),

• Мука 2 ст. ложки (2 tablespoons of flour)

• Растительное масло (vegetable oil)

Инструкция (Preparation):

• Смешать творог, яйцо и сахар (Mix the cottage cheese with the egg and the sugar). Добавить муку и хорошо размешать (Add the flour and mix well).

• Сформировать круглый сырники (form round cheese pancakes). Жарить сырники на разогретой с растительным маслом сковороде с двух сторон (Fried the cheese pancakes on both sides in a hot pan with vegetable oil).

Serve the cheese pancakes with sour cream, jam or honey.

Приятного аппетита!