Eastern European Recipe • Russian Syrniki

This is a traditional dessert served in Russia. Cottage cheese is first sweetened with sugar, then kneaded into a dough with flour. The resulting disks are fried to a golden brown in hot oil. They are best served with sour cream and jam.

Ingredients

• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons semolina flour
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
• ⅓ cup canola oil for frying

Cooking Directions

1. Mix together the cottage cheese, eggs, and sugar. Stir in semolina and all-purpose flour, and work into a soft dough. Turn the dough onto a floured surface, and roll into a 1-inch thick log. Slice the log into 8 pieces, then pat each piece in additional flour to form a patty.
2. Heat the oil over medium heat until hot. Fry the syrniki in hot oil until golden brown on each side, 3 to 4 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts

• calories186.3
• carbohydrateContent19.3 g
• cholesterolContent101.4 mg
• fatContent7 g
• fiberContent0.4 g
• proteinContent11.4 g
• saturatedFatContent2.6 g
• sodiumContent263 mg
• sugarContent9.8 g