Sirniki (russian Cheese Pancakes)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 lb farmer cheese
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup flour, plus
• extra flour, for dipping
• 2 tablespoons butter, approx
• sour cream or jam, for serving

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor, pulse the farmerã¯â¿â½s cheese until it is uniformly crumpled. add the eggs, sugar, salt, and ½ cup of flour. pulse or mix to combine. refrigerate 1 hour, or even overnight. the dough will remain thick but sticky.
• 2 put approximately 1/3 cup of flour into a bowl, and use this to prevent the dough from sticking to your hands. using 2 teaspoons, drop 1½ã¯â¿â½ balls of dough into the flour, roll them round, and flatten to about 3/8ã¯â¿â½ thick. place them on a plate in a single layer until all the patties are all formed.
• 3 heat a frying pan with 1 t. butter, and fry the patties on each side until golden. you will need to add more butter as you go.
• 4 serve hot with sour cream and/or jam. this recipe will make approximately 20 small patties.
• 5 note: farmer cheese is usually found near the cream cheese; my store sells friendship brand. these days, the packages are just under 1/2 pound (don't you hate this incremental downsizing?), and 2 packages will work fine.
• 6 about the times, prep time is mostly frying time, and passive time is the chilling time.