Babka (Belarus)

Name: Babka (Belarus)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8-12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 potatoes, grated; 2 onions, chopped; 3 1/2 ounces bacon, diced; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon flour; about 2 tbsp sour cream (more if needed)

Submitted by GiddyUpGo

"This recipe is from week 25 of my food blog, "Travel by Stove." I am attempting to cook on meal from every nation on Earth, and Belarus is my 25th stop. I never use any recipe for my blog that I'm not reasonably sure is from authentic or traditional sources, and this recipe has been posted without any alternations or additions to the ingredients. This Belarusian babka is made with potatoes, flavored with bacon and baked in the oven."

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Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 6
Serves:: 8-12

ingredients

6 potatoes, grated
2 onions, chopped
3 ¹⁄₂ ounces bacon, diced
3 eggs
1 teaspoon flour
about 2 tbsp sour cream (more if needed)

directions

Fry the onions with the bacon until translucent.
Add the bacon and onions to the grated potatoes and stir in the flour and eggs. (Note: when I did this recipe my potatoes came out undercooked, and if I had it to do over again I would probably try cooking the grated potatoes in a pan for a few minutes before adding them to the baking dish.).
Put the mixture in a greased baking dish and brush the top with sour cream.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

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GiddyUpGo

I am a mother of two with another one on the way! I am married to an Englishman and we own a small business in our local area. We live in a very small town called Rough and Ready (yes there really is a place called Rough and Ready!) I am a part-time writer and full time mom. My kids were born 15 months apart and keep me so busy I barely have enough time to cook and no time at all for my other passion, horseback riding. I once had four horses but am down to two; my Arab mare Argo and old Denver. Both of them spend the vast majority of their time standing around in my back yard eating hay. I get to feed them and look at them, but until my kids are all in school (and I stop having more kids) that's about it. <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket">

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