Machanka (mochanka) in Belarusian with thin pancakes

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Necessary ingredients for sponge

2. STEP 2

   

   Cut fresh lard into cubes

3. STEP 3

   

   Fry in a frying pan until all the fat is rendered down to the cracklings. You can learn how to choose the right frying pan by reading an article on this topic. You will find the link at the end of this recipe.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut the smoked brisket into cubes

5. STEP 5

   

   Cutting pork ribs

6. STEP 6

   

   Coarsely chop homemade sausage (unfortunately I didn’t have pork sausage and I took chicken sausage)

7. STEP 7

   

   Finely chop the onion

8. STEP 8

   

   We've got everything ready for frying.

9. STEP 9

   

   While we were cutting everything, the lard had already turned into cracklings.

10. STEP 10

    

    We catch crispy cracklings - we will need them later

11. STEP 11

    

    Fry the smoked brisket in the resulting fat for 1-2 minutes so that it releases its aroma

12. STEP 12

    

    Then put the onion in the pan and fry for 3-4 minutes until soft

13. STEP 13

    

    Now place the pork ribs in the pan.

14. STEP 14

    

    Fry covered for 20 minutes over medium heat, stirring

15. STEP 15

    

    Salt the ribs

16. STEP 16

    

    Let's pepper

17. STEP 17

    

    Add homemade sausage and simmer for another 15-20 minutes covered

18. STEP 18

    

    While the mochanka is stewing, let's prepare pancakes according to your favorite recipe, I love thin pancakes, for which you will need the ingredients as in the photo

19. STEP 19

    

    They are prepared very simply: beat in 3 eggs

20. STEP 20

    

    Add a pinch of salt

21. STEP 21

    

    Sugar

22. STEP 22

    

    Stir

23. STEP 23

    

    Add about 100 ml of milk and add all the flour. Remember that you may need less or more flour, you can read more about this in the article, the link to it is at the end of the recipe.

24. STEP 24

    

    Mix well so that there are no lumps

25. STEP 25

    

    Now pour in the milk in portions, bringing the dough to the desired consistency. I love thin, tender pancakes, so I make the dough quite liquid

26. STEP 26

    

    At the very end, add vegetable oil and mix well

27. STEP 27

    

    Pancake dough is ready

28. STEP 28

    

    Let's return to our mochanka - table 2. l. dilute flour with 100 ml of water, mix so that there are no lumps and pour into the pan

29. STEP 29

    

    Add about 200 ml of water or broth and simmer for another 10 minutes

30. STEP 30

    

    Now we transfer the sponge into pots

31. STEP 31

    

    We put 1 table in each pot. l. sour cream and add water so that it reaches 2/3 of the height of the pot

32. STEP 32

    

    While the pots are in the oven, bake the pancakes - grease the frying pan with a piece of lard, this is the best way to prevent the pancakes from sticking

33. STEP 33

    

    Pour 2/3 of a ladle of pancake batter into a heated frying pan and distribute evenly over the frying pan.

34. STEP 34

    

    Wait 2-3 minutes and turn it over

35. STEP 35

    

    Fry the pancake on the second side for 1-2 minutes

36. STEP 36

    

    The pancakes turned out thin and very tender.

37. STEP 37

    

    While we were baking the pancakes, the mochanka was ready! You can serve each one a pot in portions, but in my opinion this is very, very much, the four of us ate our fill of one small pot)

38. STEP 38

    

    Dip the pancake into the meat sauce and eat! Bon appetit!