Draniki are a tasty and filling dish for everyoneoccasions, which are also easy to prepare. They are presented in different cuisines of the world, but are most common in Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian. Through Poland, draniki came to Russia (here they are called deruny), becoming widespread. They are perfect both as a second course for lunch and for a festive table. There are a great many recipes for draniki: with vegetables, mushrooms, cheese, and draniki with meat are also prepared. You can find a recipe for every taste. Whatever recipe you choose, you can be sure: everyone will like the treat, and if you show imagination and creativity, it will surprise you with its originality. And our recipes will help you with this.
Simple recipes of pancakes with meat
Draniki (deruni) are a kind ofPotato pancakes with minced meat filling. Any meat can be used as minced meat, but beef and pork are most often used in recipes. You can cook them quickly in a simple way, or you can choose a more elaborate recipe that will take more time, but will surprise you with its originality. The choice of recipe is yours. Before we start looking at the recipes, let's note some general nuances in preparing the dish: raw potatoes need to be washed, peeled, grated on a fine grater. Next, you need to let the potatoes stand for a while until excess liquid forms, and drain it. In addition, looking ahead, we note that potato pancakes are always served with sour cream or sour cream sauce. Classic recipe For potato pancakes:
- Potatoes - 1 kg;
- Flour - 3 tbsp;
- Eggs - 2 pcs.;
- Vegetable oil - 2 - 3 tbsp;
- Salt - to taste.
For the minced meat:
- Pork - 250 g;
- Beef - 250 g;
- White bun — 1 piece;
- Onions - 2 pcs.;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Milk - 200 ml.
Seasonings: salt, ground black pepper to taste.Preparation: First, prepare the base for the potato pancakes. To do this, prepare the potatoes as described above, add flour and eggs, and mix. Now prepare the minced meat. Soak the bread in milk. Mince the meat, onion, and bread. Add pepper, salt, and egg to taste and mix well. Let the mixture sit in the cold for half an hour. Heat oil in a frying pan. Spoon the potato mixture into a pancake shape. Immediately put the minced meat on top and then the potatoes again. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Minsk-style potato pancakes For potato pancakes:
- Potatoes - 800 g;
- Butter - 4 tbsp;
- Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp.;
- Salt - to taste.
For the minced meat:
- Pork - 400 g;
- Ground black pepper - to taste;
- Garlic - 6 cloves.
How to cook:Prepare the potatoes, add butter and salt. Fry regular pancakes. Prepare the mince. Mince the meat, add pepper and salt. Mix. Grease a duck pan or other ovenproof dish with butter, put the pancakes in, and layer them with mince. Put in the oven and bake until done.
Recipes with original fillings
Deruny are often prepared with unusual fillings,combining minced meat with various other products: sausages, hot dogs and other smoked meats, mushrooms, lard or cracklings. The result is extremely tasty and original potato pancakes. You can prepare an unusual dish using the recipes below. Potato pancakes with fried ingredients:
- Potatoes - 3 - 4 pcs.;
- Kefir - 2 tbsp;
- Flour - 0.5 cup;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.;
- Salt - to taste;
- Soda - on the tip of a knife.
Roasting:
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Pork - 100 g.
Preparation:Mix potatoes, kefir, egg, flour, salt, soda. Mix well. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the pancakes on both sides. Prepare the frying. Finely chop the pork, cut the onion into circles. Fry the pork until done, add the onion and salt at the end of frying. The frying should be done in a separate frying pan. Miner's Potato Draniki Ingredients:
- Beef - 300 g;
- Potatoes - 10 pcs.;
- Lard - 200 g;
- Onions - 2 pcs.;
- Flour - 2 tbsp;
- Soda - 0.25 tsp.
Seasonings: salt, ground black pepper to taste.Preparation: Mix potatoes, seasonings, soda and flour. Separately mince the meat, add to the potatoes and mix. Finely chop the onion, add to the mass. Mix everything. Chop the bacon. Form pancakes with a spoon and fry on both sides on the bacon. Serve the potato pancakes with the bacon they were fried on. Potato pancakes with herbs and bacon Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.;
- Bacon (can be replaced with smoked sausage) - 200 g;
- Eggs - 4 pcs.;
- Sour cream — 200 g;
- Greens (any) - 1 bunch;
- Garlic — 1 clove;
- Vegetable oil - 6 tbsp.;
- Salt - to taste.
Preparation:Mix salt and eggs, beat well. Add sour cream. Finely chop bacon, garlic and greens. Combine potatoes, sour cream and egg mixture, bacon, greens and garlic. Mix well. Then add flour in small portions, stirring the mixture. Pour in 5 tbsp. vegetable oil. Mix well. Put pancakes in heated oil in a frying pan and fry on both sides until golden brown. Potato pancakes with chicken Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 5 pcs.;
- Eggs - 2 pcs.;
- Chicken breast - 1 pc.;
- Mayonnaise — 2 tbsp. l.;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Garlic - 3 cloves.
Seasonings: salt and any others to taste.Preparation: Cut the chicken breast into small pieces, add seasonings and leave for about 10 minutes. Finely chop the onion. Crush the garlic. Mix the potatoes and meat, add eggs, onion, garlic. Mix everything. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Place the pancakes on it with a spoon and fry on both sides until golden brown. Potato pancakes with lard Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 1 kg;
- Vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp.;
- Eggs - 2 pcs.;
- Raw pork fat - 100 g;
- Sour cream — 200 g;
- Onions - 2 pcs.;
- Salt - to taste.
Preparation:Prepare the potatoes, add eggs, salt and stir. Heat oil in a frying pan. Spoon the pancakes into it and fry them on both sides until a crust forms. Cut the lard into small cubes and fry until the fat melts. Cut the onion into half rings and add to the lard. Fry. Put the potato pancakes on top and simmer for about 15 minutes over low heat.
Recipes for mushroom lovers
You can prepare a dish with meat and mushroom filling according to the classic recipe, mixing mushrooms and minced meat, or you can choose a more unusual option. Potato pancakes with smoked brisket and mushrooms Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.;
- Smoked brisket - 150 g;
- Eggs - 2 pcs.;
- Boletus mushrooms - 200 g;
- Flour - 4 tbsp;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Greens (dill) - 1 bunch.
Seasonings: salt, ground black pepper to taste. For the sauce:
- Sour cream — 150 g;
- Pickled cucumber - 1 pc.;
- Greens (dill) - 2 branches;
- Garlic — 1 clove.
Preparation:Cut the meat, onion and mushrooms into small cubes. Fry everything until golden brown. It is important to fry the ingredients separately. Leave the fat that forms after frying the brisket. Prepare the potatoes, add eggs, spices, herbs and all the fried ingredients. Spoon the pancakes, roll each in flour and fry until golden brown. Prepare the sauce: finely chop the cucumber and herbs, crush the garlic, add sour cream and spices. Mix everything well. Serve separately or with sauce.
Recipes of potato pancakes baked in the oven
Classic recipe Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 300 g;
- Pork neck - 150 g;
- Butter - 2 tbsp;
- Hard cheese - 1 tbsp.;
- Garlic - 3 cloves;
- Milk - 100 g;
- Sour cream - to taste;
- Eggs - 2 pcs.;
- Flour — 1— 2 tbsp. l..
Spices: salt and any others to taste.How to cook: Grate the potatoes. Beat the eggs, add to the potatoes, pour in the flour, milk, salt and spices. Mix. Chop the garlic. Grate the cheese. Cut the meat into pieces (like chops), beat each one well. Fry in vegetable oil on both sides. Then form the pancakes so that they are approximately the same size as the chops. Place them in an oven-proof dish or on a baking sheet, sprinkle with garlic on top. Place the chops on top of the pancakes, pour sour cream over them, sprinkle with cheese. Bake in the oven until golden brown. Potato pancakes with meat in a pot Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 0.5 kg;
- Onions - 3 pcs.;
- Pork - 300 g;
- Flour - 50 g;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Sour cream — 100 g;
- Tomato paste (ketchup) - 50 g;
- Vegetable oil - 2 - 3 tbsp;
- Seasonings: salt, black ground pepper to taste;
- Butter - 30 g.
Preparation:Prepare the potatoes, add flour, egg and spices. Mix well. Heat oil in a frying pan. Put the potato pancakes in it and fry until golden brown. Prepare the sauce. Cut the meat into small pieces and fry in vegetable oil. Cut the onion into half rings and add it to the meat when it is browned. Salt, add pepper and fry until the onion turns golden brown. Then add sour cream and tomato paste. Stir, cover and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes. Preheat the oven. Prepare the pots: grease them with butter, you can also put some on the bottom. Put a layer of potato pancakes, pour sauce over them and repeat all the layers until the pot is full. Bake for 30 minutes, then take out the pots, let them cool and serve.
Holiday Recipes
As a rule, potato pancakes are still moreeveryday food, but there are recipes that make this dish truly festive. You can cook them with meat and mushrooms, with smoked meats, or, as the recipe below suggests, with prunes. A dish prepared according to this recipe can well play a leading role on a festive table: it is very tasty and unusual. In addition, it will not go unnoticed due to the original serving. You can be sure that this dish will decorate your festive table, and your guests will be delighted. Potato pancakes in a pot with meat and prunes Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 250 g;
- Veal fillet - 100 g;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Meat broth - 3 tbsp;
- Sour cream — 3 tbsp. l.;
- Prunes (pitted) - 6 pcs.;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.;
- Butter - 1 tbsp;
- Flour - 1 tbsp.
Spices: salt and any others to taste.How to cook: Grate the potatoes, add flour, egg and salt. Mix well. Heat oil and fry the potato pancakes, frying the mixture on both sides. Beat the meat and cut into pieces. Scald the prunes. Fry the meat with prunes in butter. Then add hot broth, salt, pepper and simmer until the liquid evaporates over low heat. Cut the onion into rings and fry in vegetable oil. Add the onion about 15 minutes before the end of stewing the meat. Heat the oven. Take an oven-proof pot (ideally clay), put a layer of potato pancakes in it, then a layer of meat on top, then repeat all the layers identically until the pot is full. Pour sour cream on top and simmer at a temperature of 140 degrees for half an hour.