Not just for former Soviet Union members.
The most delicious cheese fritters (photo: Alon Masika, styling: Yael Magen)
Sirniki pancakes from Russian cuisine were once known only to those who immigrated to Israel from the Soviet Union.
Today, the sweet and soft cheese fritters are already familiar even to people from other ethnic groups who have been imprisoned in Baxman and are ready to swear that they are tastier than all the potato fritters.
In honor of Hanukkah, Batia Sorek from the beloved baking blog just-batia teaches how to make them easily.
In order to prepare the sirniki, she explains, they use Tavorog cheese - that traditional Russian thick and relatively dry cheese that is used for baking.
If you can't find it, you can replace it with other cheeses of the same type, such as Canaan or Tob Taam.
The tastiest is dusting them with fine fine sugar and serving with sour cream and cherries preserved in syrup.
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Sirniki - cheese fritters from the Russian cook (photo: Alon Masika, styling: Yael Magen)
Ingredients
For cheese fritters:
500 grams of Tavorog cheese
2 eggs M
3-4 tablespoons of flour
4 tablespoons of sugar
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
For frying:
little oil
To submit:
Sour cream
Amaranth cherries or cherries preserved in syrup (optional)
Fine fine sugar
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Preparation
How do you make Sireniki?
1 In a bowl, mix together the cheese, eggs and sugar until a uniform mixture is obtained.
2 Add flour, baking powder and vanilla extract and mix to combine (the mixture is a little sticky and that's fine).
3 Flour a work surface well and prepare another lightly floured plate/pan next to it.
Take a heaping spoonful of the cheese mixture, place on the floured surface and roll into a ball.
Flatten into a sort of thick disk, and place on the floured plate.
Continue like this with the whole mixture.
4 Heat 2-3 tablespoons of oil in a pan (according to tradition, fry in a lot of oil, of your choice) and fry the siriniki on both sides until golden.
5 Serve with a mound of sour cream and finely powdered sugar on top.
Serve with tea.
It tastes best with granulated sugar and sour cream.
Cheese fritters (photo: Alon Mesika, styling: Yael Magen)
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