Simple recipes for delicious pancakes for Shrovetide

Step 1. Bake pancakes

French crepes, American pancakes, Dutch pannekokens, Swedish ragmurkas, Indian dosas, Ukrainian patches - almost every country in the world has its own way of preparing this dishes. But on Maslenitsa, Russian pancakes are traditionally prepared. We have collected popular recipes for you.

Pancakes with milk

Ingredients

• 4 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 liter of milk;
• 400 g flour;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• lard, butter, sunflower or olive oil - for frying.

Preparation

Mixing the ingredients is best done in a deep bowl. Crack the eggs and lather with a mixer or whisk. Add sugar, salt and milk. Add flour in small portions, stirring thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Then a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil - and the dough is ready. In consistency, it should resemble liquid sour cream.

Preheat the skillet while you cook the dough. Lubricate it with lard, a small piece of butter or a drop of vegetable oil - sunflower or olive. Pour the dough into the skillet with a ladle or large spoon. Fry the pancakes until golden brown on both sides.

If you like it more satisfying, you can grease the finished baked goods with butter.

Lace pancakes

Ingredients

• 3 eggs;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 300 ml boiling water;
• 200 g flour;
• 300 ml of milk;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• lard or oil - for frying.

Preparation

The recipe is similar to the previous one, the difference is in the cooking method. With boiling water, the pancakes look like lace.

Combine eggs and salt, beat until foamy and, without turning off the mixer, pour in boiling water. The volume of the mixture will increase significantly - no panic, it should be so. While whisking, add flour, then milk, butter and sugar.

Bake the pancakes in a preheated skillet with lard or butter.

Openwork pancakes on kefir

Ingredients

• 2 eggs;
• 500 ml of kefir or yogurt;
• 1 pinch of baking soda;
• 300-400 g flour;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• 250 ml boiling water;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Preparation

Combine eggs, kefir, soda, flour, salt and sugar until smooth. Try to avoid lumps. Add boiling water to the dough in small portions and mix immediately.

Fry the pancakes in a buttered skillet until golden brown on both sides.

Pancakes with semolina

Ingredients

• 6 cups skim milk
• 1 cup semolina
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 cup durum wheat flour;
• 4 egg whites;
• 1 pinch of salt.

Preparation

Pour semolina into boiling milk, add butter and cook until tender. Watch out for the consistency - too thick dough will be difficult to pour into the pan.

While the resulting porridge is cooling, mix the wheat flour with the egg whites. Then combine both masses, mix thoroughly, salt and start baking.

Oatmeal Diet Pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup oatmeal
• 500 ml of milk;
• 500 ml of water;
• 2 teaspoons of sugar;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 egg;
• olive oil - for frying.

Preparation

Cook oatmeal with milk and water. Let it cool, then grind in a blender until the consistency of liquid sour cream. Add sugar, salt and egg to the dough, mix thoroughly. Fry the pancakes in olive oil.

Diet bran pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 egg;
• 1½ cups of kefir;
• 6 tablespoons of ground oat bran;
• 4 tablespoons of ground wheat bran;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• olive oil - for frying.

Preparation

Beat the egg with a whisk or mixer. Without stopping, slowly and carefully pour in the kefir, then add the bran. Bring the mixture to a homogeneous consistency and salt.

The dough is ready. Fry the pancakes in olive oil.

Step 2. Choose the filling

Traditional pancakes are served with thick sour cream, red caviar or lightly salted fish: salmon, salmon, trout. Pickled mushrooms will be a good addition.

Jams, preserves, condensed milk, honey or chocolate are suitable for sweet pancakes. You can decorate the dessert with fresh berries, whipped cream and chocolate chips.

If you are afraid to gain extra pounds during the Oily week, avoid high-calorie and fatty fillings. Replace them with honey, apples and cinnamon, oranges with cloves, cherries, or strawberries.

Step 3. Prepare the filling

There are different options for appetizers and desserts.

With ham and cheese

Ingredients

• 20 g butter;
• 8 slices of ham;
• 40 g of hard cheese;
• 8 eggs.

Preparation

Heat the pan, grease it with butter and heat the pancake well on both sides. Make sure it doesn't burn. Place a slice of ham on the center of the pancake, sprinkle with grated cheese and gently pour one egg on top. Fold the edges of the pancake so that the egg doesn't run out - you can fold the pancake in half. Place a lid on the skillet to cook the fried eggs faster. The ingredients are calculated for eight pancakes.

With liver pate

Ingredients

• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 500 g chicken liver;
• 100 ml cream (10%);
• 1 bunch of dill;
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 30 g butter.

Preparation

You can make a pate both in a frying pan and in a multicooker - the principle is the same. Combine the peeled and chopped onions with grated carrots and fry in vegetable oil.

Flush the liver and remove the bile ducts from it, if present. Put the offal in a pan with vegetables and fry until light. Then add the cream, dill and coriander and season with salt. Mix everything and simmer covered for about 15 minutes, periodically checking the readiness.

Let the filling cool, then put it in a blender, add the butter. Grind to a paste consistency. Start pancakes, garnish with herbs and serve.

Mushroom

Ingredients

• 300 g of forest mushrooms (can be frozen);
• butter or vegetable oil - for frying;
• 1 carrot;
• 3-4 onions;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 pinch of pepper.

Preparation

Defrost and rinse the mushrooms. Then cut them into small pieces and fry in oil. Fry the carrots and onions separately until golden brown. Hard boil the eggs and chop them. Mix all ingredients, add salt and pepper to taste. Place a small portion of the filling on the pancake and fold it into a triangle, envelope, or straw.

With salmon and avocado

Ingredients

• 1 bunch of fresh dill;
• 100 g of soft cream cheese (can be processed);
• 120 g lightly salted salmon fillet;
• 1 medium avocado
• 1 teaspoon of grated zest

Preparation

Chop fresh dill finely and mix with cheese. Spread them two-thirds of the pancake. Cut the fish and avocado into small strips. Lay them in two "paths", stepping back about 3 centimeters from the edge. Sprinkle the fish with grated lime zest. Roll the pancake into a tube and serve.

Curd with raisins

Ingredients

• 500 g of fresh cottage cheese;
• 1 egg yolk;
• 2 tablespoons sour cream;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup raisins;
• 30 g butter;
• powdered sugar or honey - for serving.

Preparation

Take a deep plate or plastic bowl, rub the curd into it through a sieve. Add yolk, sour cream, sugar, vanilla and raisins to the resulting mass. Mix everything thoroughly and send to the refrigerator for a couple of hours. This pause can be used to prepare pancakes. Wrap the curd filling in them, fry the pancakes in butter. Serve garnished with powdered sugar or honey.

Curd ‑ creamy

Ingredients

• 200 g of fresh cottage cheese;
• 4 tablespoons of milk;
• 3 tablespoons of chopped greens;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 pinch of pepper;
• 100 ml heavy cream.

Preparation

Place the curd in a deep bowl and add milk and herbs to it. Season with salt, pepper and mix well until creamy. Whisk the cream in a separate bowl and then combine with the curd. Spread the filling over the pancake and roll it up. The appetizer is ready.

Curd with banana

Ingredients

• 3 ripe bananas;
• 1 lemon;
• 200 g of fresh cottage cheese;
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar

Preparation

Mash the bananas with a fork and sprinkle with lemon juice so that the flesh does not darken. In a separate bowl, combine the cottage cheese and sugar. Beat the mixture with a blender until it becomes fluffy. Add the banana puree to it and beat again. The delicate filling for pancakes is ready.