In Russia we name them “syrniki” which means cheesy pancakes, but the main ingredient – cottage cheese Russians calls “tvorog” which is not a cheese actually. We eat “tvorog” with sour cream or jam on breakfast, it is very healthy and tasty. You can find a million of cottage cheese pancakes recipe with different ingredients but my recipe is the simplest I have ever seen! Russians cook these pancakes as quick breakfast. This recipe as simple as 1-2-3! Just try to make pancakes by yourself and you’ll not be disappointed!
cottage cheese pancakes
The ingredients we need for cottage cheese pancakes recipe:
400 gram cottage cheese
2-3 eggs
4 tablespoon sugar
pinch of salt
3-4 tablespoon flour
You can find cottage cheese in ANY Russian markets in milk section, it’s very popular as kefir, sour cream etc. We buy the cottage cheese packed in 200-250 gram packs. It is soft, defatted and a bit salty.
cottage cheese
To turn this cottage cheese into light and tasty pancakes we need to add 3 eggs, 4 tablespoon sugar (or by taste), pinch of salt and mix all ingredients, to do this I always use my own tools – hands! It takes 1-2 minutes and the pastry is ready 
I also recommend you to add a bit flour if the pastry looks wet but it always depends on cottage cheese. Mine was very soft so I did not add any flour into the pastry.
Dust the table with 3-4 tablespoon flour, take the pastry and shape into pancakes as shown in the pictures below.
making pancake is easy
pancakes
Heat the frying pan on a medium heat, add 1-2 tablespoon oil and brown pancakes on each side
frying 2-3 minutes each side
almost ready
serve with a sour cream or jam
Well, as you can see my cottage cheese pancakes recipe is simple and easy to make but the taste of pancakes is gorgeous!
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Love these! I’m always looking for creative ways to jazz up my pancakes! Posted this on twitter today ( well RT’d it)
Thanks!
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I’d been looking for a recipe to serve to my health-conscious family. My son can’t get enough protein for his workouts. This cottage cheese pancake recipe was a big hit. He ate all that I cooked, with only a few to spare for the rest of us. Thank you!
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I’m gonna try this tonight. It looks delicious.
My GF wanted classic pancakes thoguh, but I bet i can make her even happier with these
Cool recipe. Looks tasty. Cottage cheese is high in protein and it’s a good food for a muscle building program. It’s nice to be able to eat it as a pancake for a change. Thanks.
This is quite a genius recipe filled with all of the protein that I’m looking for in a meal (cottage cheese is a win of a protein source). Fantastic and useful post for me and I’m sure many others. Anyone else have a variation of this recipe that I might also be interested in testing out?
This recipe is simple,full of protein and nutrition and yummy thanks for recipe.
The good thing about pan cake is that, whenever we cook this at home we never have even one left over
Yes sometimes we use to fight for it and if you are late or held up then you regret for missing the chance until its cooked next time. I am sure your way of cooking health conscious pan cakes creates more havoc and urge at our home. Thanks a bunch 
Regards,
Mack McMillan
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I like mine with Buttermilk. Those definitely look a bit different and thicker. More like little cakes actually.
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I’ve never had any Russian food before but this looks like an interesting recipe to try. I like how you also have photos in addition to the written instructions as I like to know how things are supposed to look along the way to be sure I’m doing things right.
Thanks for the recipe.
Cottage Cheese Pancakes sounds horrible, but the final picture looks absolutely delicious! Quick and simple to make – I love it!
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Great content and I am so hungry reading and looking at the pictures.
Sera
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Boy, it sure does look great, I’m polish so this looks pretty familiar. I love this the same way with sour cream or blueberry jam.
I haven’t really tried Russian food before, I was just looking for new things to try and found this site! Glad I did the food seems really nice definatley some ideas to try thanks
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This is a cheesy pancake recipe which is perfect for a breakfast meal. You may also adjust the flavor of sugar and salt according to your taste.
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I would love to try this one here.I have never been to Russia but this food would certainly make me taste a bit of Russia.
My wife prepares this “cottage cheese pancake” at lease once per week for breakfast. I really enjoy the Russian pancake, however you can get it served too often. I poured syrup onto the pancake just like you would expect. My wife likes to add jam on top.
I highly recommend trying this dish, however in moderation. Once per month will do.
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That is a nice variation to the kind of pancakes that I am used to. And, as always, your nice photos and story telling style makes it fun visiting your site.
Reina
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Wow, the cheese pancakes looks really good. I baked mine just yesterday and it got burnt. I’ll never be a certified baker. lol
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That is a nice variation to the kind of pancakes that I am used to. And, as always, your nice photos and story telling style makes it fun visiting your site.
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If these taste as good as they look, then they must be amazing. Will try making some, and I’ll tell you about the results.
I’ve made Cottage Cheese Pancakes before and considered them to be an excellent compromise between the extravagance of pancakes and sticking to my eating plan.
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Oh my gooooooooddd……that sounds amazing. I love cottage cheese, actually I have every morning for breakfast. Those sound like some healthy pancakes! YUm tum.
Nice picture.
Mouth watering. Yum yum! I want to try this recipe. 
thanks for sharing!
Excellent recipe, what I usually do is, I to add 3 eggs, 4 tablespoon sugar, pinch of salt and mix all ingredients, to do this I always use my own tools – hands! It takes 1-2 minutes and the pastry is ready I also add a bit flour if the pastry looks wet but it always depends on cottage cheese. Mine was very soft so I did not add any flour into the pastry. But I would love to try out your method too! thanks!
Being from the South, I am a big fan of pancakes but I am not a big fan of cottage cheese. However, these pancakes are soooo good. Thanks for this recipe. My whole family loved them!
This sounds like a great simple receipe i love cheese and pancakes and with shrove tuesday coming up in going to have to try this.. thankyou for another great receipe!
My Mom was of Russian descent, and she used to make this kind of food. The aromas when we got home from school were just out of this world.
One of the things that she shared with me was that with a sugar/salt combination in a food, you are appealing to two of the most pronounced skills of the pallet in terms of blending taste.
As a result, young and old, smokers and non-smokers alike will be able to appreciate the dish.
So everyone leaves the table with the impression that he or she has had a food that was specifically designed for their taste buds.
Pretty clever those Russian women.
My Dad always had a smile on his face.
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Cottage chese should be made using skim milk, because the cream solids don’t stay in the curds, it stays with the whey. A gallon of skim milk will make about a pound of cottage cheese.
You will need a starter to make cottage cheese. You can use a commercial culture, cultured buttermilk, or rennet tablets. I have found that by replacing one cup of the skim milk with one cup of cultured buttermilk and 1/8 of a rennet tablet gives a small curd cottage cheese, leave out the cultured buttermilk and use 1/4 tablet rennet if you prefer large curd cottage cheese. Salt helps to improve the life of the cheese, no to mention the flavor.
Cottage cheese pancakes – not something I had thought of before. However, I stumbled across your site earlier in the week and was able to try out the receipe on Shrove Tuesday! The result was amazing and we will now make these pancakes every year. Thanks for your help.
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Cottage cheese pancakes – not something I had thought of before. However, I stumbled across your site earlier in the week and was able to try out the receipe on Shrove Tuesday! The result was amazing and we will now make these pancakes every year. Thanks.
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Ive tried these before (or something very similar) in a Polish restaurant (I know they are Russian but maybe they make them in Poland as well???) We personally loved them – I even had a go at making them myself without much luck!
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Home made Pan cakes are easy going, free from unwanted health affecting ingredients. But preferably it should be hot and baked properly to add a special flavor in to it. Though I have not tried exactly the same recipe but had a taste of Pan Cake made up of Rice grain and fruit juice. You need to bake it in a micro oven for 20-30 minutes after mixing properly.Your one looks Yummy and energetic in view also.
I love cheese in all its forms and will certainly be trying these out soon. Thank you so much for the detailed step-by-step guide.
This is a great simple recipe, thank you for sharing with us. I will be trying these out tomorrow. They sound very rich in flavor.
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