We cook delicious dumplings! How many boil vareniki with potatoes, cottage cheese and cherries?

Vareniki is a very popular dish that is prepared and eaten with pleasure not only in our country, but also abroad.

All about vareniki

Many believe that vareniki originate from Ukrainian cuisine, and in some ways it is. However, in most countries of our world there are analogues of this food. In Eastern Russia and Siberia - this is pelmeni or manti, in Western Russia - sorcerers, in Italy - ravioli, in China - gedza. All these dishes differ only in fillings and appearance. Although, what kind of form do not attach vareniki, the taste of this will not change. For the main thing here is the content.

The filling for vareniki can be completely different, it all depends on personal tastes and preferences. The most widespread were potatoes, meat, berries, cottage cheese, cabbage and mushrooms. Dough for vareniki can be yeast, lean or cooked on kefir.

The basis for the preparation of any dumplings is the mixing process of the dough, which is then rolled into a thin layer. Then the workpieces are cut out in various forms, they are filled in, the edges are tied and the food is sent for cooking or frying.

Eat dumplings in hot form, mostly with sour cream or with sugar. How to cook and how much to cook vareniki with potatoes, cottage cheese, cherries and other fillings? Let's understand. But first, we'll pay some attention to the basis.

Dough for dumplings

As already mentioned, a dough for vareniki can be prepared in different ways. The most common and successful options are as follows.

Ordinary fresh

To 5 glasses of sifted flour add 2 eggs, a little salt and cold water (no more than 2 glasses, but generally look at the consistency). After kneading the dough should be wrapped in a film and left for half an hour to secrete gluten. After that, once again hamper, divide into parts and arrange in the form of sausages. We cut them into small pieces, which are thinly rolled out, we put the stuffing, we patch the edges and cook.

Dough on yogurt

A few glasses of flour to sift, add a pinch of salt and soda. Pour a glass of yogurt and knead the dough. Leave it for half an hour, covered with a napkin.

Brewed dough

In 320 ml of boiling water pour a few tablespoons of vegetable oil, add salt. Pour this boiling water to 300 grams of flour, mix well. Gradually add another 350 grams of flour, stirring constantly the mass. Dough knead, cover and leave for half an hour.

Yeast dough

In 0.5 liters of warm (!) Kefir or sour cream add a few teaspoons of sugar, a pinch of salt and soda, as well as 10 grams of pressed yeast. After that, sifted flour is gradually poured (about 1 kilogram). We knead the dough, leave for half an hour.

Potato dumplings

This is a hearty and very tasty dish. How many boil vareniki with potatoes, and in general - how best to cook them? The most common recipe for their creation is the following.

For the filling you will need:

• Potatoes - 10-15 pieces;
• Onions - 3 heads;
• Butter - 50-100 grams;
• Salt - to taste;
• Black pepper ground - to taste;
• Vegetable or butter for frying.

How much to cook dumplings with potatoes, depends on how well the filling is prepared, and how much it contains in each varenika. To save time, you need to do the following. Peel onion, chop and fry well in vegetable or butter. Peel potatoes, boil them, add butter, and beat them in a mash. Mix the onion with mashed potatoes, add salt and pepper to taste.

Now, on a tablespoon with the top of the filling put in a circle of thinly rolled dough about 12 centimeters in diameter, close the edges and lower it into salty boiling water. How many boil dumplings with potatoes cooked this way? After the water re-boil - 5 minutes.

Serve with bacon, fried onion, sour cream.

Vareniki with cottage cheese

How much to cook is this useful and tasty dish? Now tell you, but first - the recipe.

For the filling you will need:

• Cottage cheese - 250 grams;
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon;
• Eggs - 1-2 pieces;
• Salt - pinch.

Mix all the ingredients, spread on a tablespoon of the resulting filling on thinly rolled circles of dough, join the edges. Here and ready dumplings with cottage cheese. How much to cook them? Here everything is quite simple: as soon as they come up, you can get it.

Served with jam, jam, sour cream.

Vareniki with cherries

For the filling you will need:

• Cherry - 300 grams;
• Sugar - to taste;
• Potato starch - 1 tablespoon.

Cherry mixed with sugar and starch (thanks to it the filling will not so flow), lay out on a teaspoon on the dough, patch the edges. And how much to cook vareniki with cherries, any mistress knows - until the test is ready, that is about 5 minutes.

Lazy Vareniki

This dish is prepared when you want something delicious, but simple. And lazy vareniki are very tasty and fast. How long to cook vareniki of this type depends on the recipe, but there are several options. The most common curd lazy varenik.

Since this dish is prepared without a filling, we need to make only a dough. To prepare it you will need:

• Cottage cheese - 400 grams;
• Eggs - 1-2 pieces;
• Flour - 4 tablespoons;
• Sugar - for sprinkling;
• Vanilla - to taste;
• butter;
• Flour (to sprinkle it with dough).

Knead the dough (you do not need to add sugar to it, otherwise the vareniki will fall apart during the boiling process). Roll the sausage, cut it into pieces, roll them in flour and throw in salty boiling water. How many minutes to cook vareniki? After surfacing, you can immediately get a noisy and serve to the table. Sprinkle them with sugar, while they are still hot. It is also recommended to add butter. You can serve with jam and sour cream.

Vareniki is a wonderful dish for any table, it is suitable for both children and adults. And thanks to various fillings, vareniki ways to find admirers of people who differ in absolutely different tastes.