Lara Katsova's Cherry Dumplings
10 servings
120 minutes
Our editors consider Lara Katsova's cherry dumplings to be the most delicious, what can we say. The best Odessa food of childhood. <a href="https://eda.ru/media/vsjudu-zhizn/vareniki-s-vishney-lary-kacovoy">And here's how Lara herself cooks them.</a>
1
Mix cherries with sugar, transfer them to a sieve; the cherries will release juice needed for the sauce for dumplings. Leave the cherries in the sieve for an hour.
- Cherry: 500 g
- Sugar: 150 g
2
Mix the sifted flour, semolina, and salt. Add the egg, water, vegetable oil and knead the dough. Wrap the finished dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Wheat flour: 500 g
- Semolina flour: 100 g
- Salt: 10 g
- Chicken egg: 1 piece
- Water: 250 ml
- Vegetable oil: 40 ml
3
Mix cherry juice with starch and heat on low. Stir constantly until it reaches a jelly-like consistency.
- Cornstarch: 0.5 teaspoon
4
Knead the dough again, roll it out thinly, and cut out circles using a glass or a special cutter. The dough is very dense, so it's easier to roll it with a pasta machine. Place a few cherries on a piece of dough and seal the dumplings.
- Cherry: 500 g
5
Boil water in a large pot, add the dumplings, and when they float, place them on serving plates with sauce. Serve with sour cream.
- Water: 250 ml