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Machanka

A thick pork and sausage gravy on soured cream, into which pancakes are dipped. Hence the name.

4 servings · 75 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients

Quantities for 4 servings.

  • 500 g Pork shoulder, diced
  • 250 g Smoked sausage
  • 250 g Smoked ribs
  • 2 piece Onion
  • 300 ml Soured cream
  • 2 tbsp Flour
  • 2 piece Bay leaf
  • 250 g Flour for pancakes
  • 500 ml Milk
  • 2 piece Eggs
  • to taste Salt and pepper

Method

  1. Brown the pork well, add the onion and fry until soft.
  2. Add the sliced sausage and ribs, pour in a cup of water, add the bay and stew twenty-five minutes.
  3. Whisk the flour into the soured cream until smooth and stir it into the pot.
  4. Simmer ten minutes on a low heat, until the gravy thickens to the consistency of pouring cream.
  5. Whisk a pancake batter from the flour, milk, eggs and salt and let it stand fifteen minutes.
  6. Cook thin unsweetened pancakes in a dry pan.
  7. Serve the machanka in a deep bowl with the pancakes stacked beside it. You tear off a piece and dip.
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