Hungarian Baked Cottage Cheese Pancakes (Túrós Palacsinta

 

Hungarian Baked Cottage Cheese Pancakes (Túrós Palacsinta)

Ingredients

For the pancakes:

• 1 cup flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp oil
• Pinch of salt

For the filling:

• 500 g cottage cheese or farmer's cheese
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 lemon zest
• 2 tbsp raisins (optional)

For the topping:

• 300 ml sour cream
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• Sliced almonds
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Mix flour, eggs, milk, sugar, oil, and salt until smooth. Let rest for 15 minutes.
2. Cook thin pancakes in a lightly oiled pan.
3. Mix cottage cheese, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest, and raisins.
4. Fill each pancake with the cheese mixture and roll them up.
5. Place the rolls in a buttered baking dish.
6. Mix sour cream, sugar, and egg yolk, then spread over the pancakes.
7. Sprinkle with sliced almonds.
8. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 25–30 minutes until golden.
9. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.