Verineki
 
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp cold water
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ lb cottage cheese
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1tbsp butter
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • ¼ cup glazed cherries
Directions
  1. To make the dough, mix the salt into the flour.
  2. Beat the eggs and cold water together, and add to the flour.
  3. Mix together and kneed into a smooth dough. Keep covered with cling wrap.
  4. For the stuffing, chop the raisin and cherries. Beat the egg.
  5. Mix cottage cheese, sugar, beaten egg, vanilla extract and chopped fruit together.
  6. Form small balls of the dough.
  7. Make a depression in the center of each of the dough balls with your thumb and fill with stuffing. Carefully, form into an oval shape.
  8. Bring water to boil in a pan, adding a teaspoon of salt to the water.
  9. When the water starts to boil, drop the formed varenikis carefully into the water. Let them cook for a few minutes.
  10. When done, the varenikis will float to the top. Lift them out with a slotted spoon and place on a plate.
  11. Brush them with melted butter. Serve with sour cream.
Recipe by Pepper Route at https://pepperroute.com/verineki/