It is a wonderful and mouth-watering dish that will help out when you are pressed in time. It is easy-to-cook but it will definitely diversify your daily fare. The potato babka can be served as an original side dish, or as a main course.
Ingredients
Potatoes 10 pieces
Champignon 400 g
Cheese 150 g
Smetana (sour cream) 5 tbsp
Flour 1 tbsp
Dairy butter 2 tbsp
Onions 3 pieces
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Stages of cooking
1
Peel, chop and fry onion in vegetable oil. Properly rinse the mushrooms, add to the onion and fry. Season with salt and pepper.
2
Peel, rinse, coarsely grate the potatoes, and then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brush the baking pan with butter, and put a half of grated potatoes there.
3
Coarsely grate the cheese. Put the mushrooms onto the potatoes, coat them with 1-2 tbsp of sour cream and sprinkle with a half of grated cheese.
4
Put the second half of potatoes over cheese, then coat with the remaining sour cream and sprinkle with the second half of cheese. Heat oven to 180C.
5
Bake in oven until cooked through. Serve hot complimented with sour cream.
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