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Classic Pan-Fried Syrniki (Cottage Cheese Cakes)

The most tender, fragrant cottage cheese cakes — they just melt in your mouth! Plenty of people love syrniki (cottage cheese cakes): they're filling, wholesome, and delicious. But what if you cook them with a sour cream topping and finish them in the oven? The flavor is superb. The cakes turn out remarkably tender, and the sour cream topping bakes into a fragrant cream... Shall we get started?

Angel

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Cottage cheese

800

Eggs

Sugar

Sour cream

400

Semolina

All-purpose flour

Vegetable oil (for frying; you may need more)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 29 % 11 g

Fats 37 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 34 % 13 g

224 kcal

GI: 8 / 23 / 69

Cooking method

Step 1:

Gather your ingredients.
Step 2:

Press the cottage cheese through a sieve. Add the eggs and 3 tablespoons of sugar (the other 3 tablespoons go into the sour cream topping). If you like your syrniki very sweet, add 1–2 tablespoons more sugar.
Step 3:

Add the semolina and mix very well. I like to mix this by hand, but you can use a mixer on low speed if you prefer.
Step 4:

Now let the mixture rest for 15–20 minutes, so the semolina absorbs the liquid and the batter firms up.
Step 5:

Put some flour on a plate and shape a syrnik with damp hands. I recommend wetting your palms each time as you form them — the mixture won't stick as much, and you'll use less flour for coating.
Step 6:

And now, the secret to perfectly round syrniki. Set each shaped cake on the board and cover it with a glass or cup of a slightly larger diameter...
Step 7:

...then gently rotate the glass without lifting it off the surface. Just a few turns.
Step 8:

As a result, the syrnik rises up, rounds out, and comes out neat and even.
Step 9:

Do the same with all the cakes.
Step 10:

Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet and fry the syrniki.
Step 11:

Gently flip them to the other side and cook through.
Step 12:

Here are the fried syrniki. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
Step 13:

Take a baking dish and arrange the syrniki in it. I overlapped them in a circle.
Step 14:

In a bowl, mix the sour cream with 3 tablespoons of sugar. Whisk lightly until the sugar dissolves.
Step 15:

Pour the sour cream topping over the syrniki and put them in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Step 16:

Twenty minutes later, the delicious dessert is ready!
Step 17:

They're wonderfully soft, tender, and fragrant. The sour cream topping gives the dish an extra note of richness.
Step 18:

Enjoy!