Pancakes with cottage cheese

As you might have already found out, we celebrate Fat Thursday – the last Thursday before the Easter Lent. A few days later, here you celebrate something one might call a Fat Tuesday, which of course is a Shrove Tuesday. We don’t have this tradition, but it doesn’t mean we can’t offer something different.

Ingredients:
2 medium size onions
3 medium size potatoes
Salt
Pepper
1 block of Polish cottage cheese (available in blocks in Polish shops as twaróg tłusty)
A few slices of fresh, unsmoked bacon
1 tub of double cream
1 egg for brushing

Preparation:

Boil potatoes and peel them when cooled. Chop onions finely and fry them. When ready place in a deep bowl.

Mince the potatoes and add to your onions. Mince the cottage cheese or just “part” it finely with your fingers and add to potatoes. Add salt and pepper.

Cut bacon into stripes and fry. Add to the bowl.

Mix it all together WITH YOUR HAND. It’s the best spoon and whisk you’ll ever find. The mixture has to be firm but moist. If too fry, add some oil and mix it all together again.

Fry pancakes.

Place each on a flat surface. Place a handful of the stuffing mixture on each pancake and roll it.

Place on a baking tray, covered with baking foil. Brush with a beaten egg and place in the oven for approx 30 minutes in 150 degrees.

Serve hot drizzled with a few spoons of cream. They look and taste good on a bed of salad.