Belarus / Main
Machanka
A thick pork and sausage gravy on soured cream, into which pancakes are dipped. Hence the name.
Ingredients
- Pork shoulder, diced500 g
- Smoked sausage250 g
- Smoked ribs250 g
- Onion2
- Soured cream300 ml
- Flour2 tbsp
- Bay leaf2
- Flour for pancakes250 g
- Milk500 ml
- Eggs2
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
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.
