Oladi Russian Pancakes Recipes

RUSSIAN KEFIR PANCAKES (OLADI)

Steps:

• Whisk 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons flour, kefir, egg, sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl to make a batter.
• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Heat oil in the skillet. Pour 1 to 2 tablespoons of the batter into the skillet for each pancake. Cook until bubbles form on the surface, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 3 minutes more. Repeat with remaining batter.

OLADI (RUSSIAN PANCAKES)

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, mix the milk, yeast and flour with a wooden spoon.
• 2. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until the dough doubles, 30-50 minutes.
• 3. When the dough has doubled in size, add the eggs, oil, sugar and salt. Mix until thoroughly incorporated.
• 4. Cover and repeat rising time, once again until the dough doubles.
• 5. Heat a few Tbsp. of oil in a nonstick skillet on medium heat.
• 6. Since the dough is very sticky, it will stick to the spoon. Fill a mug with water and dunk your spoon in the water every time you get more dough. Gently scoop the dough, trying not to deflate it as much as possible. The dough doesn't stick to the spoon and effortlessly slides right off and into the skillet.
• 7. Cook until golden on both sides.
• 8. Drain on a paper towel. Enjoy with sour cream, jam, berries, etc. You can also add apples, berries, chocolate chips or nuts to the oladi. Simply add them to the batter when adding eggs, sugar, oil and salt.
• 9. HINT: Whisk some sour cream with sugar and vanilla and dunk each pancake in the sour cream mixture. Layer all the oladi in a bowl and the sweet sour cream will seep into the oladi, making them even more tender and juicy.

OLADI (RUSSIAN PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Mix yeast with warm milk, add flour and blend until smooth. Allow the dough to rise in a warm place (for about 2 hours). If using the oven/stove for other cooking, you can turn on one burner at very low heat, just enough to create some heat. Put the dough in a bowl, covered with a thin washcloth on the adjacent unlit burner or in the center of the stove to rise. It will also rise at room temperature, but works better warm.
• Mix eggs, salt and sugar and 1 tablespoon oil into the dough and allow to rise again (for about 1/2 hour). Without mixing dough again, use a wet spoon to spoon out portions of dough onto a greased hot pan. Dollop out with a soup spoon, the pancakes are small. About the size of a sand-dollar or teacup circumference. They rise like blini, but unlike blini are not thin, they should rise about 2-3cm tall.
• Cook on both sides until golden brown.
• Serve immediately with preserves and sour cream (or creme fraiche). Also good with honey, farmer's cheese or fresh fruit and sugar. Or any combo you like!

RUSSIAN PANCAKES - FLUFFY BUTTERMILK PANCAKES

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together 2 eggs, 1 cup buttermilk, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract if using. Add 1 1/2 cups of sifted flour and carefully mix until no lumps are seen. Do not overmix or the pancakes will be dense.
• Preheat skillet to medium heat, add 1-2tbsp of oil, then drop spoonfuls of pancake batter spacing them about 1 inch apart. Cook until the bubbles start breaking on top, then flip and cook until golden in on the other side. Cook the rest of the batter in batches, adding more oil as needed.

OLADI (RUSSIAN KEFIR PANCAKES)

Steps:

• 1. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In another bowl, lightly beat eggs and whisk in kefir. 2. Add dry ingredients to the kefir mixture, all at once, and stir to combine. Don't over-whisk: A few lumps are to be expected. 3. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat (a 12-inch skillet will hold four pancakes; use multiple skillets or cook in batches). Add enough oil to slick the surface, and decrease the heat to medium-low or low: These need time to cook through as the surface browns. 4.Using a measuring cup or ladle, add 1/4-cup portions of batter to the pan. Cook slowly, as with typical pancakes: until bubbles form on the top surface and the batter begins to lose its gloss, and until the pancakes are golden brown on one side (this may take 3-4 minutes). Flip, and repeat on other side. When gently touched, cooked oladi should feel soft and springy, not wet inside. Adjust heat as necessary to keep the pancakes from browning too quickly. 5. If cooking in batches, place cooked pancakes on a plate loosely covered with foil and keep warm in a 150-degree oven, or serve them as they come out of the pan. Serve plain or with sour cream, jam or honey.