Recipes · Lithuanian · Main Courses
Žemaičių Blynai (Samogitian Meat-Filled Potato Pancakes)
One serving has 724 kcal and 26 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of pyridoxine (99%), thiamin (95%), selenium (66%), phosphorus (55%), niacin (55%) and riboflavin (49%). Ready in 100 minutes.
- Preparation: 60 min
- Cooking: 40 min
- Makes: 1 serving (453 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, pork
Ingredients
- 250 g Potatoes, floury, raw
- 20 g Flour, all-purpose
- 15 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 90 g Pork, minced, raw
- 25 g Onions, raw
- 1 g Salt
- 0.2 g Black pepper
- 12 g Sunflower oil
- 40 g Sour cream
Method
- Peel the potatoes and boil them in water for 20-25 minutes until soft; drain well, mash them smoothly while hot and leave to cool.
- Chop the onion finely and mix it into the minced pork with a pinch of the salt and the pepper.
- Knead the cooled potato with the flour, the egg and the rest of the salt into a soft dough that holds its shape; work in a little more flour if it is sticky.
- With wet hands, flatten a ball of the dough on your palm, put a spoonful of the meat in the middle, close the dough round it and press it into a pancake about 1.5 cm thick.
- Fry in the hot oil over medium heat for 5-6 minutes on each side, until crisp and golden brown and the meat inside is cooked through.
- Serve hot with the sour cream; in Samogitia, in western Lithuania, they are also eaten with fried bacon and onion spooned over.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 724 kcal | 34% |
| Carbohydrates | 64.9 g | |
| Water | 317 mL | |
| Fiber | 4.3 g | 14% |
| Protein | 25.8 g | 54% |
| Tryptophan | 0.26 g | |
| Threonine | 0.9 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.95 g | |
| Leucine | 1.7 g | |
| Lysine | 1.7 g | |
| Methionine | 0.53 g | |
| Cystine | 0.29 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.88 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.73 g | |
| Valine | 1.1 g | |
| Histidine | 0.74 g | |
| Fat | 40.7 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 13.3 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 10.4 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.01 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 10 g | |
| Saturated | 12.9 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.32 g | |
| Cholesterol | 144 mg | |
| Calcium | 104 mg | 10% |
| Copper | 0.36 mg | 40% |
| Iron | 4.2 mg | 24% |
| Magnesium | 87.7 mg | 28% |
| Manganese | 0.61 mg | 34% |
| Phosphorus | 384 mg | 55% |
| Potassium | 1,432 mg | 30% |
| Selenium | 36.1 µg | 66% |
| Sodium | 486 mg | |
| Zinc | 3.2 mg | 40% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 1.1 mg | 95% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.54 mg | 49% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 7.8 mg | 55% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.9 mg | 38% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 1.3 mg | 99% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 90.3 µg | 23% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.85 µg | 35% |
| Choline | 84.8 mg | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 75.5 µg | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 17.1 mg | 23% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 12.3 IU | 2% |
| Vitamin E | 5.3 mg | 35% |
| Vitamin K | 6.3 µg | 7% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
1 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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