Machanka

Pork and sausage gravy for dipping thick pancakes.

Ingredients

• 500 g Pork
• 250 g Smoked sausage
• 2 Onions
• 3 tbsp Flour
• 1 cup Sour cream
• 2 Bay leaves
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 2 tsp Salt
• 2 cups Water
• 2 cups Flour for pancakes
• 1½ cups Milk
• 2 Eggs

Method

1. Brown the meat — Fry the pork and sausage in butter until well coloured.
2. Add onion — Cook the onions in the same pot until golden.
3. Thicken — Dust in the flour, then add water and bay and simmer 40 minutes.
4. Finish — Stir in the sour cream and warm through without boiling.
5. Make the pancakes — Whisk flour, milk and eggs into a batter and fry thick pancakes.
6. Machanka is ready — Serve the gravy in a bowl and dip the torn pancakes into it.

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