Category Archives: Dessert

Chocolate varenyky with farmer cheese

Almost every Ukrainian household has grown up eating varenyky (dumplings). Generation after generation, dozens of recipes for salty and sweet fillings have appeared.

Today we are going to cook “striped” varenyky using white and chocolate dough. Filled with farmer cheese and vanilla sugar, these dumplings are rather a festive dessert rather than...

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Ukrainian pyrizhky (hand pies) with strawberries

These strawberry hand pies are great for three reasons.

First, they taste really delicious - a juicy strawberry filling and tender airy dough baked to golden won’t leave anyone indifferent.

Second, pyrizhly are a wonderful alternative to traditional pies and can be taken as an on-to-go snack (your kids will grab...

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