Cottage cheese pancakes with berries and sour cream

Cooking

1. If the cottage cheese is wet, squeeze it through cheesecloth: excess moisture requires more flour and makes the syrnyky rubbery. Mash the cottage cheese with a fork or press it through a sieve for uniformity.
2. Add the egg, sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt, then mix. Add 40 g of flour and knead into a soft dough—it should barely hold its shape.
3. With wet hands, form 8 balls, roll each in flour, and flatten them into 1.5–2 cm thick patties with smooth edges.
4. Heat a skillet with oil over slightly below medium heat—high heat will burn the crust without warming the center.
5. Fry the syrnyky for 3–4 minutes until golden brown, flip, cover with a lid, and fry for another 3–4 minutes.
6. Serve warm with sour cream, fresh berries, and banana slices.