Recipe | Chicken
Cossack Chicken and Mushroom Pancakes

Very strangely I had this Cossack Chicken and Mushroom at the BBC canteen served with a parcel of mashed potato inside a crepe. The combination was entitled "Cossack Pancakes". I liked it so much I rushed home to make it for Galit. Serves four

Cossack Chicken and Mushroom

  • Preheat the oven to 200º C degrees

4 tablespoon Butter
1 Large Onion, chopped .
200 grams Mushrooms, chopped
1 clove Garlic, minced

  • Cook until mushrooms slightly browned (10 min)
  • Remove from heat

1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg ground fine
3 tablespoons Double or Whipping Cream
1/2 cup Sour Cream or Plain Yogurt or Crème Fraise
1 cup cheese, grated and/or crumbled (e.g. 50% yellow cheese and 50% Feta)
salt & pepper

  • Stir into mushroom mix
  • Reserve

4 Chicken fillets (about 350 grams)
1 teaspoon paprika

  • Sprinkle the paprika over the chicken
  • Fry or grill chicken until just golden
  • Transfer to baking dish
  • Pour over Mushroom mix from above
  • Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Serve immediately

Potato and Pancake Parcels

750 grams potatoes, peeled and chopped

  • Boil (in salted water if you prefer) for 15-20 min until soft
  • Mash with or without butter and milk as you prefer

4 pre-cooked crepes

  • Put a big dollop of mashed potato on a crepe.
  • Fold over all four sides to form a parcel
  • Turn parcel over so edges are on the bottom
  • Serve immediately