Pancakes, cooked following the traditional Ukrainian recipe
Potato pancakes with mushrooms
Potato pancakes with fish filling
In a particular embodiment, pancakes recipe is present in many cuisines. This recipe is the property of the national dishes of Switzerland, America, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. This dish has a few more names, but often it is called potato pancakes and potato pancakes.
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What are pancakes, and what they eat?
In some countries, the pancakes of grated potatoes have become a real hallmark of the national cuisine, and this is not surprising, because this dish has an unsurpassed taste and aroma and can be served in the main course, and as a snack. There is an incredible variety of different recipes for potato pancakes, each of the methods of preparation gives the general taste dishes special piquancy.
There are both quick methods of cooking pancakes and quite complex, include many components.
Potato pancakes can be cooked as usual potato pancakes with sour cream feeding them, and make them stuffed, the stuffing can be very diverse, including mushrooms, fish, meat and cheese.
Popularity pancakes all over the world is caused by easy preparation of this delicious dish, because they can feed the whole family, and spending is not more than half an hour. Properly cooked pancakes - is a great way to diversify your diet with something delicious and at the same time useful, because, as a rule, this dish is ready-not too oily. In order to please their loved ones ever new taste variations of pancakes., You need to consider some of the most simple and at the same time the most delicious recipes for this wonderful dish.
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The easiest recipe pancakes
The simplest, it is a classic, cooking pancakes option does not require much cooking skills. For cooking, use this recipe, you will need about 1 kg of potatoes, 2 eggs, 1 small onion, flour, and salt. Furthermore, in this dish, you can add a small amount of pepper and dried dill. Because the main ingredient is the potato dish, first you need to prepare it.
Potatoes need to peel and grate a medium-sized fraction. It is important that the potato has not turned out too thick and at the same time very watery. Further, the mixture is added two eggs, flour, chopped onion, spices, everything is thoroughly kneaded.
We should also be said about the flour. This ingredient is very important, but do not add more than 3 tablespoons. spoons, or after frying pancakes turn out too dry. If properly mix all the ingredients are obtained pancakes tender and juicy, so if it does not prepare them for the "excellent" from the first time, perhaps, it's just that added too much flour. Perfect consistency of the mixture to prepare the potato pancakes are very similar to the watery dough ordinary oladushek. After the actual preparation of the mixture can proceed to immediate hot. In this matter also has its own quirks.
Many housewives are faced with the fact that during frying pancakes strongly stick to the pan, and flip them in this case is practically impossible. To avoid such troubles it is possible. To do this, heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and add a pinch of salt. Since the dough enough liquid potato pancakes, the best place it in the pan with a large spoon. Fry pancakes needed on both sides, until the cakes appears golden crust. Prepared for this recipe potato pancakes is best served at the table in a warm or hot, and the best will be the addition of sour cream.
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Pancakes, cooked following the traditional Ukrainian recipe
There are two variants of the traditional Ukrainian recipe pancakes that Ukraine also called potato pancakes. So, a simple recipe for cooking of potato cakes will need about 1 kg of potatoes, 150 grams of fat, about 30 g of flour, 1-2 eggs, spices. Raw potatoes need to thoroughly wash, peel and grate. The mixture should immediately add salt and spices. In the case of potatoes gave a large amount of juice, it has to be overcome from potatoes.
Next you need to add to the mix the required amount of flour and egg. Salo is not included in the mixture for future potato pancakes, it should be as fat for frying. So to fry pancakes on this recipe, you need to put thinly sliced bacon in a pan and fry to all the fat from the fat heated with. It is this fat in the future will be frying pancakes. Cakes of potatoes have to fry them until golden brown delicious. Pancakes, prepared in this manner have an unusual taste and flavor due to the fat, of melted tallow.
The second option cooking pancakes in Ukrainian more complicated. It is necessary to immediately prepare the main ingredients for this dish, but it is 5 medium size potatoes, approximately 100-150 g pork meat, one onion, egg, 2 tbsp. Spoon flour, sour cream, spices. First you need to prepare potatoes: Wash, peel, rub. Later in the potato mixture must add the minced meat, eggs, finely chopped onion, spices. Smetana also need to add to the mix.
These potato pancakes are not the best cook in the frying pan and into the oven. To do this, you need to heat up the oven to 180 degrees and put it in pancakes, laid on a baking sheet. Baking must first grease or sunflower oil. Bake potato pancakes need at least 15 minutes, and after they acquire a characteristic golden brown, they can bring to the table with sour cream and herbs.
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Potato pancakes with mushrooms
Despite the fact that the classic versions of cooking potato pancakes are very popular, there are recipes for pancakes with addition of various additional components, such as fungi. Potato pancakes with mushrooms are a little different from the traditional taste, but only for the better. To prepare the dish by using this recipe, you will need about 500 grams of potatoes, about 200 grams mushrooms, 2 eggs, 100 grams of flour.
First you need to cook the mushrooms, as if the potatoes will be a long time in contact with the air, it will turn black. Mushrooms should be cleaned, rinsed well and grate. Mushrooms need to fry with a little salt during cooking. When the mushrooms are ready, you can begin to prepare potatoes. Root Wash, peel, grate and squeeze juice. In the potato mixture must be added sauteed mushrooms, flour, eggs and spices. Thoroughly mix all, you can start frying. Fry pancakes are needed in a pan with vegetable oil or lard. Readiness dishes signaled nice golden color. Potato pancakes with mushrooms have a very mild taste, so will be the favorite dish of the whole family and will be able to surprise visitors.
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Potato pancakes with fish filling
The most delicious recipe of this dish - pancakes with fillings.
Of course, the recipe of this dish is much more difficult of the above, but the result will justify the effort. To prepare the pancakes stuffed with fish, you will need: about 1-1, 5 kg of potatoes, pepper, 1 tbsp. Spoon flour, boiled egg, 100 grams of mushrooms, sour cream, 2 raw eggs, approximately 200 g of fish fillet, 1 onion, 2-3 tbsp. tablespoons butter, melted on a steam bath.
The first thing you need to boil the mushrooms and finely chop them. Next you need to start preparing a bow, it must be cut into strips and fry to golden brown. Fish fillets milled in a meat grinder, you need to add to it chopped mushrooms and onions. All this must be lightly fry for 5 minutes, after which the filling is added to the mixture finely chopped egg and melted butter. Then, the mixture should be prepared classic dishes, that is, to mix mashed potatoes, raw eggs, flour and spices. When all the components of the future potato pancakes are prepared, you can start frying.
Frying potato pancakes with a stuffing - this is probably the most important part of cooking, because this recipe assumes that the filling should be finished within the potato cakes. So, on a heated pan with hot oil need to lay thin cakes of potato mixture. Next on the cake you need to put a little filling, then cover it with a layer of potato mixture.
In this position, you need to fry pancakes at least 3-5 minutes, after which they can be flipped without fear that Burrito disintegrate. Although this recipe takes a lot of time, the result justifies itself as potato pancakes stuffed with fish are not just everyday food, and may be a worthy addition to the holiday table.
Pancakes from potatoes may seem to someone the most ordinary food, but it is possible to experiment by adding new ingredients to the recipe all the familiar favorite potato fritters. For example, if you wish, you can make potato pancakes stuffed with meat, and you will not need to change existing recipe too, because the recipe is enough to replace the fish on cooked meat. You may want to prepare every day a brand new version of the cakes potatoes, to please your loved ones.
