Pancakes with spinach and stracciatella

6 servings

80 minutes

Combining stracciatella with spinach is not our habit, but an Italian one. Every year in Italy they prepare the Easter pie "Pasqualina" with exactly this spectacular filling. But if you want something original, you can bake pancakes in Italian style on one of the days of Maslenitsa. It is more logical to serve them not with the usual sour cream - there is enough creamy taste in stracciatella - but with some spicy and bright Italian sauce: pesto or bolognese.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 386
• Proteins: 14.1g
• Fats: 19.2g
• Carbohydrates: 39.4g

Ingredients

• Milk: 500 ml
• Chicken egg: 3 pc
• Sugar: 30 g
• Salt: 0.3 tsp
• Soda: 0.3 tsp
• Wheat flour: 210 g
• Vegetable oil: 30 ml
• Spinach: 300 g
• Stracciatella cheese: 130 g
• Cherry tomatoes: 500 g
• Basil: 30 g
• Butter: 20 g
• Balsamic sauce: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Prepare all the ingredients. Heat the milk to 40 degrees.

   Required ingredients:

   • Milk: 500 ml

2. Whisk 3 eggs with sugar and salt until the sugar dissolves.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 3 pieces
   • Sugar: 30 g
   • Salt: 0.3 teaspoon

3. Pour in 100 ml of milk and mix.

   Required ingredients:

   • Milk: 500 ml

4. Sift all the flour, add baking soda, and mix thoroughly with a whisk until a uniform thick batter forms.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 210 g
   • Soda: 0.3 teaspoon

5. Incorporate the remaining milk into the dough in several additions.

   Required ingredients:

   • Milk: 500 ml

6. Add vegetable oil and mix again. Leave the prepared dough for 15-20 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil: 30 ml

7. Blanch cherry tomatoes in boiling water for 30 seconds.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cherry tomatoes: 500 g

8. Then transfer them to ice water. Peel the tomatoes and dry them on a sieve.

9. In a large skillet, heat butter over low heat, add spinach, and sauté for 1-2 minutes or until wilted.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 20 g
   • Spinach: 300 g

10. Mix spinach with tomatoes, add finely chopped basil, and season with salt and pepper to taste. If the spinach and tomatoes release a lot of juice, drain it.

    Required ingredients:

    • Basil: 30 g
    • Salt: 0.3 teaspoon
    • Balsamic sauce:  to taste

11. Heat the pancake pan well, grease it with vegetable oil, and pour a little batter onto it, spreading it across the bottom. Fry for 15-20 seconds.

    Required ingredients:

    • Vegetable oil: 30 ml

12. When the edges are browned, flip and fry for another 10 seconds. Fry all the pancakes this way.

13. Spread the filling with spinach and stracciatella on the pancakes and wrap them.

    Required ingredients:

    • Spinach: 300 g
    • Stracciatella cheese: 130 g

14. Serve decorated with basil leaves and balsamic sauce.

    Required ingredients:

    • Basil: 30 g
    • Balsamic sauce:  to taste