BREAKFAST
Enriched Pancakes
with Cottage Cheese & Sweet Potato examples
Contributed by Alexander Zaitsev
Application Developer / Architect
FTD Unit ("Dickerson Lab") / Neurology
Servings: 2-4
The cheese version is a traditional Eastern European countryside dish, eaten, judging by my childhood
impression, mostly in summer when meat consumption is lower, and milk is in abundance.
The sweet potato version is my simplification of one over-engineered recipe seen on the “Food Wishes” channel.
Ingredients
1. One egg
2. One pound of cottage
cheese or one large
microwaved sweet potato or
any component of your
choice that can be mashed
(regular baked or cooked
potato, for example)
3. OPTIONAL: Some sugar for
cheese version
4. Flour (as needed)
Method
1. Mash the featured ingredient with the egg. Note: for cottage cheese you may remove excess of moisture (look for
cheese cloth application) or simply use more flour.
2. Add some optional sugar.
3. Add flour gradually. Keep adding it until the balls can be formed with wet hands, rolled on flour and smashed into
pancake shape Roll on flour and gently smash into pancake shape.
4. Now begins the magic, mixed with practice and acquired experience with particular ingredients: pan (start with nonsticky
and eventually graduate to cast iron perfection) and stove Preheat pan with oil of your choice. For cheese
version, use more oil, but not as for deep-fry.
5. Bake on low-moderate. The time per side will come with practice: start with 5 minutes on each side. Don't hesitate to
change sides several times. Eat as is or with any pancake garnish of your choice.
To remove excess of moisture from cottage cheese, you can keep the cheese inside the fridge on a small
colander.
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