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Cheesecakes with 4 ingredients, cottage cheese

4-Ingredient Cottage Cheese Pancakes (Syrniki)

Tender, melt-in-your-mouth homemade syrniki! This is the classic version — no raisins, no poppy seeds, no special flavorings, just cottage cheese, flour, sugar, and eggs. It couldn't be simpler, yet the syrniki turn out tender, wholesome, and delicious. Perfect for breakfast!

Pirko Rita

Recipe author

Cheesecakes with 4 ingredients, cottage cheese

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Cottage cheese (5% fat, about 2 cups)

500

Flour

Sugar

Egg

Vegetable oil

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 28 % 13 g

Fats 35 % 16 g

Carbohydrates 37 % 17 g

257 kcal

GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Cooking method

Cooking time: 45 min

Step 1:

How do you make flour-coated syrniki in a skillet? Let's gather all the ingredients. It's best to use cottage cheese that's on the richer, moister side, but not too wet. Never use dry cottage cheese, or the syrniki will come out tough. Put the cottage cheese in a bowl or any deep container and mash it with a fork.
Step 2:

Now add the granulated sugar to the cottage cheese and crack in one egg. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
Step 3:

Then add 4 tablespoons of sifted all-purpose flour to the cottage cheese mixture. Mix well. The dough should come together into a ball and hold its shape. If the consistency isn't quite right, just add a little more flour.
Step 4:

Now shape the syrniki. Wet your hands with cold water, take a tablespoon or a little more of the dough, and roll it into a ball. Flatten the ball with your palm into a round patty, like in the photo. Put a couple of spoonfuls of flour in a separate dish and dredge each patty on both sides, then set it on a board or work surface. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
Step 5:

Place the syrniki on a preheated skillet greased with vegetable oil. Fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

There's another way to shape syrniki that I actually like better (the method in the recipe was an experiment — it's also good, maybe just less familiar). Take the cottage cheese dough and divide it roughly in half (this just makes it easier to work with). Take the first half and roll it into a log, not too thin and not too thick. Then use a sharp knife to cut it into pieces of the size you want, and shape each piece into a round patty. Repeat with the second half.
Be ready for the fact that you may need more or less flour than the recipe calls for. Go by the desired consistency of the dough rather than a fixed amount of flour.
It's important to sift the flour to aerate it. That way the syrniki come out light and airy.