Varenyky is a dish made of dough with a filling inside. They can be sweet or savory, depending on the filling.
Vareniki are popular in many countries and cultures. They are prepared in different ways, but the basis is always the same: thin dough and filling. The filling can be varied: cottage cheese, potatoes, mushrooms, berries, etc.
The benefits of dumplings depend on the ingredients used to prepare the dish. If dumplings are prepared from quality products, they can become a source of protein, vitamins and minerals.
Many people believe that dumplings with minced meat are already dumplings
.
However, it is worth noting that dumplings with meat are prepared differently
.Let’s make at home dumplings with minced meat and cheese
Ingredients
:
- eggs – 3 pcs;
- salt – a pinch;
- flour – 400 g;
- minced meat – 300 g;
- onion – 2 pcs;
- salt – ⅓ tsp;
- black pepper – ⅓ tsp;
- paprika – ⅓ tsp;
- vegetable oil – 50 ml;
- cheese – 100 g;
- cottage cheese – 2 tbsp;
- parsley – a bunch;
- dill – a bunch.
Preparation of dumplings:
For the dough, beat eggs with salt, and then add flour to them. Knead elastic and not sticky dough on the table. Chop
finely onion, mix with minced meat, salt, black pepper, paprika and vegetable oil. Roll out the dough into a thin layer about 1-2 mm thick.
Divide the layer into long strips 5-6 cm thick.
Place minced meat balls in each strip at a small distance from each other.
Stack the opposite parts of the dough, previously greased with water. Seal the stuffing balls inside the dough, closing the dough also in the spaces between the balls.
Using a pizza cutter or an ordinary knife, divide the strips with stuffing into small dumplings
.
For the second filling, grate cheese on a fine grater and mix it with cottage
cheese. Chop parsley and dill, add to the cheese mixture and put
it
in a pastry bag. On a strip of dough, also at a distance from each other, decant the cheese filling.
Similarly create dumplings, but already with cheese.
Boil the dumplings in salted boiling water. You can also put there a bay leaf, pour a little vegetable oil.
It turns out excellent juicy little dumplings with meat and cheese. They should be served with sour cream, smeared with butter.
