Plăcintă Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Main Dishes
Cuisine: Romanian Cuisine
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
For the dough:
  • 1cup kefir (or buttermilk), room tempered
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • flour
For the filling:
  • Cottage Cheese
  • Eggs
  • Salt
  • Dill (if desired)
Instructions
  1. Sift the flour with baking soda.
  2. Make the well in the center; pour in the liquid, season to taste.
  3. Knead the dough (it should be soft and elastic).
  4. Set it aside for some time.
  5. While the dough is rising, prepare the filling.
  6. Combine Cottage Cheese with eggs and salt, stir it until smooth (you can add some chopped greens if desired, - dill will be perfect there).
  7. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.
  8. Roll each patty into a circles (the edges should be as thin as the middle).
  9. Place a generous amount of the filling in the middle of each circle, and spread it a bit.
  10. Fold the edges, then flatten it slightly.
  11. Fry plăcintăs on the large pan over medium heat at the start, then reduce the heat to low, and fry on both sides until cooked.
  12. Melt the butter over low heat (don’t stir it).
  13. Generously grease plăcintăs with melted butter.
Recipe by Food'n'chef at https://old.foodnchef.com/placinda/