Varenyky is a popular traditional dish that every Ukrainian ate growing up. This is the dish of our great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, children, and next generations of Ukrainians. Here's the idea of diversifying this dish that is so familiar to us. Today we're going to cook yummy dumplings with soft, moist cottage cheese filling with green herbs. You can replace 1/3 of the cottage cheese with brynza (Ukrainian brine cheese) or regular, semi-hard grated cheese if you want. The filling will also taste excellent and unusual. But remember that in...
Dumplings with poppy seeds
Looking for delicious Christmas recipes? You may like these A-mazing dumplings (Ukrainian varenyky) stuffed with poppy seeds and served with sour cream/honey. Varenyky are one of the 12 sacred dishes of the traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinner and poppy seeds symbolize wealth and prosperity for the coming year. So it would be a wonderful idea to include them in your festive menu. The dumplings we’re going to cook today have tender wheat-based dough wrapping a luscious filling made of soft poppy seeds and raisins sweetened with sugar. This tastes insanely good....
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 a traditional meal. They are tender, fragrant, and have a light chocolate note. On top of that, they look eye-catching and will be the centerpiece of any table. Ingredients: 600 g (21 oz) flour 1 egg 1 tbsp...