Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Dried Apricots

Prepare the ingredients according to the list. The fat content of the cottage cheese for making pancakes is not important, the main thing is that the cottage cheese should be dry, there should be no excess liquid in it, otherwise you will have to add extra flour. Instead of dried apricots, you can use any dried fruits: raisins, dried cherries or cranberries, candied fruits. Just be sure to cut them into small cubes, finely chop the raisins is not necessary.

Put the cottage cheese in a bowl and mash it thoroughly with a fork. Break an egg and mix everything very carefully with a fork again.

Wash and dry the dried apricots thoroughly. Cut them into small cubes. Add to the cottage cheese and egg mixture. Mix everything thoroughly with a fork. You can compensate for the sweetness of the dried apricots by adding zest, for example, lime zest. It will give a light flavor. For this amount of cottage cheese, you will need the zest of one small lime, approximately ½ tsp. Add rice flour and knead the mixture with your hands until it becomes flexible. The cottage cheese mixture should not stick to your hands. If it does, you need to add a little more flour, otherwise the pancakes will spread out in the frying pan.

Lightly sprinkle the work surface with rice flour (you will need about 1 tablespoon of flour) and, pinching off pieces of dough, shape small pancakes.

Preheat a skillet and lightly grease with vegetable oil. Place the cheese pancakes in the skillet and cook on high heat for about 1 minute, then reduce the heat to a minimum and cook covered for 5 minutes. Flip the pancakes to the other side and cook for another 10-12 minutes covered. The cooking time will depend on the size of the pancakes.

Serve the pancakes with fresh berries and natural yogurt or thick cottage cheese, honey, jam, or preserves.

The cottage cheese pancakes with dried apricots are ready. Enjoy your meal!