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