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Passport & Plate - In love with crust

Russian Federation | Friday, March 6, 2015 | 5 photos

Ingredients
Farmer cheese (firm and sticky, better if it has gone sour) 250 gr
Flour 5 spoons
Egg 1
Sugar 2-3 spoons
Any spices you like - cinnamon, vanilla, cloves
Sunflower oil 1-2 spoons

 

How to prepare this recipe
1. Mix farmer cheese, eggs and sugar in a bowl. Knead and beat the dough to make it smooth.
2. Add spices
3. Divide the dough into 10 balls. Flatten each ball to make small pancakes - 1 cm high and 4 cm in diameter. Dip each pancake in flour - all its sides have to be covered with flour.
5. Put frying pan on fire. When it is hot, put some sunflower
6. When the sunflower in the frying pan is hot, put the cheese pancakes on it.
7. Cook for 3-4 minutes on every side until it is golden
8. Eat it hot with sour cream or Greek yogurt. Or leave for a night - they are perfect when cold, with jam or berries!

 

The story behind this recipe
Travel - through time
I doubt there is a person who has never heard of russian borsch and blini. So I has always been lucky to be the first to tell curious members of international society about syrniki. These "farmer cheese pancakes" are not only a reason for my grandparents to meet, but also a reason for them to live together happily ever after.
My granddad and grandma lived in a small town, but they had never met until one evening in a shop, when they both felt like buying some farmer cheese for dinner. Unfortunately or fortunately there was only one pack of farmer cheese left, and my granddad was the first to ask for it. Than he saw my granny in a queue after him, thought she was beautiful, and heard her ask for farmer cheese and shop assistant say that they were out of it. My granddad couldn't resist doing something nice for a beautiful and sad girl, so he gave my grandma the pack he bought. After 2 minutes conversation she accepted his generous gift with a promise to go out with the gift-maker one day.
They met occasionally on a train station next day, my grandad was happy, but my grandma wasn't at all.
- You gave me the farmer cheese that had gone sour. - She said instead of hi.
My grandad didn’t come in nowhere and said bravely:
- I just wanted you to invite me for dinner with syrniki.
- There is no point in making syrniki of sour cheese!
- I totally disagree. Sour farmer cheese syrniki are one of the most significant dishes ever.
And my granddad was invited to my grandma's house to prepare syrniki and prove his point. The main ingredient in syrniki is farmer cheese, which represents love, he explained. And love can “go sour” after some time. You should add some flour - it will give a meaning to your love. Eggs will fix it and make it keep strong. Don't forget about sugar. And the final stage is to fry your farmer cheese pancakes to make old "sour" problems dissolve and to create a crust to protect your love.