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Syrniki
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Despite the name, syrniki aren't made from cheese in the Western sense at all — they're built from tvorog, a soft fresh curd closer to farmer's cheese than anything called 'syr' (cheese) in Russian.
Syrniki are small fried patties made from tvorog curd cheese bound with egg and a little flour, pan-fried until the outside turns golden and slightly crisp while the inside stays soft. Market stalls and street cafés across Central Russia serve them hot with a dollop of sour cream, jam, or condensed milk.
Why it's made this way: Tvorog-making has deep roots in the dairy farms surrounding Moscow, and syrniki grew out of a simple need to use up curds before they spoiled, becoming a fixture of the Central Russian breakfast and market-stall table.
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