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Cheesecakes classic fried cottage cheese

Classic Fried Cottage Cheese Syrniki

Eat one and you're right back in childhood — this is how our moms and grandmothers made them. Just about every family makes syrniki: some add raisins, some baking soda, some vanilla... All of those are fine, but here I'm sharing the classic version as a base! These syrniki hold their shape beautifully — they don't crack in the pan, don't spread, and don't stick. Give them a try!

nasstin

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Cheesecakes classic fried cottage cheese

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Cottage cheese (preferably full-fat; I use 9%)

500

Flour (3–4 tbsp into the cheese, the rest for dredging)

Sugar

Eggs

Vegetable oil (for frying)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 30 % 13 g

Fats 32 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 39 % 17 g

246 kcal

GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

The ingredients you'll need.
Step 2:

Mash the cottage cheese well with a fork or push it through a sieve to break up any lumps — if yours is fine-grained, you can skip this step. For syrniki, the cheese shouldn't be too wet, but it shouldn't be dry either.
Step 3:

Crack in the egg.
Step 4:

Add the sugar.
Step 5:

Mix well.
Step 6:

Now add the flour.
Step 7:

Mix thoroughly until you have a smooth mixture that holds its shape well.
Step 8:

Take a heaping tablespoon of the cheese mixture and, with hands moistened in water, roll it into a ball.
Step 9:

Flatten it slightly.
Step 10:

Dredge both sides in flour.
Step 11:

It's handy to set the shaped syrniki on a board — this amount of ingredients made 11 medium ones for me.
Step 12:

Fry the syrniki in a skillet with a little vegetable oil for 2–3 minutes per side, until golden.
Step 13:

Here are the golden-brown beauties you end up with.
Step 14:

Our syrniki are almost done.
Step 15:

Dust them with powdered sugar if you like.
Step 16:

Serve with your favorite preserves, jam, condensed milk, and — of course — sour cream.
Step 17:

Enjoy!