Dumplings with cottage cheese and raisins
8 servings
90 minutes
Vareniki with cottage cheese and raisins are a traditional Russian dish filled with the warmth and coziness of home cooking. Their history begins in Eastern Slavic cuisine, where dough with various fillings became a favorite treat. The delicate dough made with boiling water gives the vareniki softness and elasticity, while the filling of cottage cheese with raisins creates a harmonious blend of sweetness and slight sourness. Vareniki are served hot with sour cream, enhancing their delicate flavor. This dish is perfect for family dinners or festive gatherings and is also a great option for those who appreciate simple yet exquisite homemade recipes.
1
Prepare all the products.
2
Sift 3 cups of flour into a bowl, add 0.5 teaspoon of salt, and mix.
- Wheat flour: 3 glasss
- Salt: 1 teaspoon
3
Beat the egg with a fork, add to the flour, and mix.
- Chicken egg: 3 pieces
4
Pour 200 ml of boiling water into the flour.
- Boiling water: 200 ml
5
Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and knead the dough.
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
6
Grease your hands with the remaining tablespoon of oil, gather the dough into a ball, and place it in a bag to rest for 30-40 minutes.
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
7
Sort the raisins, wash them, soak in hot water for 10 minutes, drain the water, and dry the raisins.
- Raisins: 70 g
8
Separate the remaining 2 eggs into whites and yolks.
- Chicken egg: 3 pieces
9
Mash the cottage cheese with a fork, add 2 yolks, and mix.
- Curd cheese (tvorog): 350 g
- Chicken egg: 3 pieces
10
Add salt, sugar, starch, raisins, and mix.
- Salt: 1 teaspoon
- Sugar: 1.5 tablespoon
- Cornstarch: 1.5 teaspoon
- Raisins: 70 g
11
Roll the dough into a thick sausage, divide it into 4 parts, and cover with a towel to prevent it from drying out.
12
Roll each part into a long rope, cut into slices, and lightly coat the slices in flour on both sides.
- Wheat flour: 3 glasss
13
Roll out dough from discs, add filling, and shape dumplings. Cover the shaped dumplings with plastic wrap or a towel to prevent them from drying out. Optionally, create a decorative edge.
14
Pour water into a pot, bring to a boil, add salt, drop dumplings into boiling water, stir to prevent sticking, when water boils again and all dumplings float, cook for 4 minutes, remove with a slotted spoon into a bowl, add a piece of butter, shake to distribute the butter.
- Salt: 1 teaspoon
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
15
Serve hot with sour cream.
