Pancakes - traditions of different countries

Pancakes or very similar to pancakes dish of potatoes in the form of bread, fried on both sides until Golden brown, popular in different countries. Today we will talk about how to cook the pancakes in different parts of the world.

Historically, pancakes spread mainly by countries, Eastern and Northern Europe - from Belarus, the birthplace of this dish, the recipes came in Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Israel.

Let's start with the recipe, popular at home potato pancakes - in Belarus, where they are called pancakes.

Recipe pancakes Belarusian "Pancakes"

You will need: 300g potatoes, sour cream 40g or 10g vegetable oil, 5g wheat flour, 1 pinch of soda.

How to cook pancakes in Belarusian. Peel raw potatoes, RUB on a small grater, salt, add the flour and soda and mix. put the dough with a spoon in a pan with hot oil, fry until Golden brown on both sides. Pour sour cream or butter before serving.

So - simply and quickly. Of course, you can experiment and add herbs, spices, onions or other foods. Very popular in recent versions of the pancakes, which are added to meat products such as sliced bacon. Consider the following recipe - pancakes in Ukrainian.

Recipe pancakes Ukrainian cheese

You will need: 1 kg of potatoes, 300g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 1 onion, vegetable oil, spices to taste.

How to cook pancakes in Ukrainian with cheese. Clear and blender to grind raw potatoes, or RUB it on a fine grater, add crushed (very small!) onions, stir and drain off excess juice. In potato mixture add eggs, cheese, salt, seasoning spices (black pepper, oregano, and other herbs and spices to taste), stir. Put the mixture with a table spoon in a pan with hot oil, fry on both sides until Golden brown.

Very interesting recipe - pancakes-Cossack, he especially like the men, because in these pancakes include meat.

Recipe pancakes in Cossack with pork

You will need: 100g pork minced 5 medium potatoes, 1 onion and egg, 2 tbsp. flour, 1 tbsp sour cream, 2 tsp. salt, ground pepper.

How to cook pancakes in a Cossack with pork. On a coarse grater grate the potatoes, beat the egg, mix well, add the flour, pour the sour cream, and salt until smooth and stir. Fry the pancakes in Cossack: in a pan put a spoonful of the potato mass to put on top of the stuffing, cover with another spoonful of the potato mixture. Cook until a good taromenane and tender meat with two sides.

Very near from our usual pancakes in Israel. There's this dish is called "latkes".

Recipe pancakes-Israeli "Latkes"

You will need: 4-6 potatoes, 2 eggs, 1 onion, 2-4 tbsp. flour, vegetable oil, cumin, salt.

How to make latkes. Potatoes RUB on a large grater, to do the same with the onions, mix them with the egg, then add flour, salt and pepper, add a pinch of cumin, stir again. Put the mixture with a spoon in a pan with hot oil and fry on both sides until taromenane. Serve latkes hot with sour cream.

In addition to cumin, in General, nothing unusual - this recipe is very similar to the usual us Belarusian and Ukrainian potato pancakes. But the variations of this dish belonging to the countries of Northern Europe.

Recipe pancakes Norwegian "Potetlomper"

You will need: 1 kg of potatoes, 300g flour, 1 tsp. salt.

How to cook pancakes in Norwegian. In uniform boil the potatoes until tender, blend it with the washing, salt. Gradually USEPA in puree flour, knead elastic dough, the dough molded 12-14 equal balls, then each roll in a thin pancake about 18-20cm in diameter. To fry on medium heat in a dry pan, then fold each other, immediately covering each time the towel is so not cool. Serve hot, sprinkling butter.

Here they are - pancakes Norse, more like potato pancakes. How do pancakes in Switzerland? Of course, cheese!

Recipe pancakes Swiss-cheese "Rasht"

You will need: 400g potatoes, 100g cheese, 4-5 tbsp. flour ? tsp. salt.

How to cook pancakes in Swiss. In uniform boil and cool the potatoes, then peel and on a coarse grater to RUB, to RUB the cheese, mix them, adding some salt. Fry rstis pan with non-stick coating with St.l. vegetable oil, spreading for each of dranik 3-4 tbsp potato-cheese, light it and Podravina spoon edge - thickness rstis should be about 1.5 cm Fry on each side for 3-min to taromenane, turning over very carefully, otherwise the product may be broken down. For each new rstis add to the pan 1 tablespoon of butter.

Pancakes can be very diverse and if you look at them from the perspective of how they are cooked in different countries of the world, and if a creative approach to the recipe, adding to the potatoes of different products. Cooking is an art, and in the case of pancakes, it feels no less than any other food. Bon appetit!