What are zrazy? This is a delicious Lithuanian national dish, which has been known since the XIV century. This is any whole-ground meat stuffed with eggs and vegetables. Zrazy are widespread in Ukraine (especially in Volyn, which was part of Lithuania), in Belarus. Today, this dish is very popular in international restaurant cuisine and has many different options. For preparing zrazy, for example, carrots, onions, cabbage, eggs, rutabaga, potatoes, and sometimes even any cereals, in a word, any food product that is in the kitchen, are suitable.
Advantages of preparation: flexibility and speed of composition, the ability to easily replace components. These qualities have contributed to the spread of dishes far beyond Lithuania.
In this article, let's talk about how to make zrazy with cheese. In this dish you can use any cheese of a solid consistency.
Zrazy with cheese
To prepare this delicious and quick dish you will need only 50-60 minutes. And if there is also ready-made mashed potato, then even less time will be spent.
Take three large-sized potatoes, one egg, 100 grams of hard cheese, flour, vegetable oil, garlic, ground turmeric, salt.
Peel potatoes, wash and cook until cooked. Drain all the water, add turmeric, salt, and mash everything mashed.
Wait until the mash has cooled, put two tablespoons of flour, protein and knead potato dough. Grate hard cheese on a fine grater.
Add the yolk, chopped garlic, salt and mix. The filling is ready.
Sprinkle flour on a table or cutting board. Make potato dough cakes. For each tortilla in the middle, put a teaspoon of cheese filling.
Form zrazy, leaving the filling in the middle of the product. When all the potato zrazy are made , roll them in flour (it is possible in breadcrumbs). Now fry in vegetable oil on both sides.
Serve zrazy with sour cream, tomato or mushroom sauce, mayonnaise. You can sprinkle them with herbs and grated cheese.
Tip: sprinkle with cheese until the zrazy is hot, then it will melt, which will well affect the taste and appearance of the dish.
Meat zrazy with cheese and herbs
Prepare minced pork and beef, eggs, roll in milk, fried onions, salt, spices.
For the filling, take planed cheese, herbs, a spoonful of sour cream.
Make cakes, put the filling, carefully wrap.
Fry over high heat until crusty, put in a saucepan and put in the oven.
Zrazy with cheese and tomatoes
Prepare 800 grams of minced pork, two slices of white bread, one onion, one clove of garlic, one egg, 200 grams of Dutch cheese, 150 grams of ham, one tablespoon of dried tomatoes, three tablespoons of vegetable oil, two tablespoons of table flour, one tablespoon chopped parsley, pepper, salt.
Crush the bread. Finely chop the peeled garlic and onions. Mix with minced meat, bread crumbs, egg, pepper and salt.
Grate cheese on a coarse grater, sun-dried tomatoes and ham thinly chop. Combine the cheese with ham, tomatoes, parsley and black pepper in a bowl.
Form cakes from the meat mass. Put on each filling (in the middle), connect the edges. Now fold onto a baking sheet and place in the oven.
Chicken zrazy with cheese
In order to cook such zrazy, you need half a kilogram of minced chicken, two eggs, one onion, 100 ml of milk, 200 grams of ground crackers, 150 grams of grated cheese, dry basil, pepper, salt, 150 grams of vegetable oil for frying.
In the minced meat, add eggs, chopped onions, 100 grams of crackers, milk, spices and mix thoroughly.
From the forcemeat, form a cake with a diameter of about 8 cm, put half a teaspoon of grated cheese in the center and pinch the edges. Give the zraza hands an oval shape, then roll them in breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Serve zrazy garnished with fresh vegetables.
Eat potato zrazy with cheese, both hot and cold.