Syrniki

Syrniki
Syrniki served with strawberry varenye
Alternative namesSyrnyky, tvorozhniki
TypePancake
Associated cuisineBelarusian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
Main ingredientsTvorog/Quark (curd cheese)/Cottage cheese, flour, eggs, sugar; sometimes raisins, vanilla extract

Syrniki (Belarusian: сырнікі; Russian: сырники) or syrnyky (Ukrainian: сирники, cheese cakes)[1] are fried Eastern Slavic quark (curd cheese) pancakes. They are a part of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, Latvian (biezpiena plācenīši), Lithuanian (varškėčiai)[2] and Serbian cuisine. In Russia, they are also known as tvorozhniki (творо́жники).

  1. ^ Ekaterina, Bylinka (November 2011). Home cooking from Russia : a collection of traditional, yet contemporary recipes. Bylinka, Liudmila. Bloomington, Indiana. p. 100. ISBN 9781467041362. OCLC 931920756.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Latgalian recipes: "Sirņiki"". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019. an Eastern Slavic traditional dish which long ago crossed the border from Belarus into Latgale to become part of the local cuisine.