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Pancakes with cheese on kefir

Cheesy Kefir Pancakes

Tasty, savory little pancakes for an easy snack! A great way to shake up plain, everyday pancakes if that's your go-to breakfast. The cheese makes them more aromatic, with a pleasant cheesy flavor, and turns them filling and satisfying.

Snezhana

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Eggs

Wheat flour

150

Kefir (2.5%)

Hard cheese

Fresh herbs

Baking soda

0.3

Salt

Vegetable oil

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 23 % 9 g

Fats 30 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 48 % 19 g

208 kcal

GI: 11 / 0 / 89

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

Gather your ingredients. Crack the eggs into a bowl and add salt to taste — keep in mind that cheese is usually fairly salty, so it's easy to over-salt the batter. Whisk until the mixture is smooth and even.
Step 2:

Stir in the kefir at room temperature (if you don't have time to let it warm up on its own, a quick 15 seconds in the microwave does the trick). Add the baking soda and mix again. The acidity of the kefir activates the soda, so there's no need to slake it with vinegar.
Step 3:

Sift the wheat flour and add it to the liquid a little at a time, stirring as you go. You may need slightly more or less flour than called for — flour density varies by brand, and the fat content and thickness of the kefir affect the batter too.
Step 4:

Stir the batter until smooth.
Step 5:

Use any hard cheese you like and have on hand — the main thing is that it's a real, good-melting cheese and fresh. You can even mix a couple of varieties for a bolder, richer cheese flavor. Grate the cheese. Rinse the fresh herbs (dill, parsley, cilantro), pat them dry with paper towels, and finely chop them.
Step 6:

Add the grated cheese and chopped herbs to the batter and stir so they're evenly distributed throughout.
Step 7:

Pour the vegetable oil into a skillet and heat it well. Drop the batter on by the tablespoonful, shaping small round pancakes. If you want them perfectly round and puffy, spoon the batter into cooking rings set in the pan.
Step 8:

Fry the pancakes over medium heat for 2–3 minutes on one side, then flip and brown the other side. Transfer them to a paper towel to blot excess oil. Arrange on a plate and serve with sour cream, mayonnaise, or any sauce you like. Enjoy!