Ingredients:
For the dough
For the dough
1 Egg
2 Cups Milk
8 Cups Flour
For the filling
1 lb Farmer's Cheese
1/2 cup Raisins
1 stick Butter
Vareniki is a traditional breakfast meal in Russia. In my family we usually make them with the farmer's cheese, but you can also fill them with berries, fruit, nuts.
Farmer's cheese is very close to the cottage cheese, but it has smaller curds, and is not salty. You can get it at the grocery store or you can prepare it yourself.
For the dough, you will need to blend milk and eggs with a mixer, and then slowly add the flower until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixer. The dough needs to be dry, like a bread dough, as you’ll have to roll it out into thin layers.
Pinch off a ball of dough, roll it out, adding flour as needed to keep everything from sticking. Put the layer of dough over a vareniki mold and in the meantime, prepare a second ball of dough in the same way.
For the filling, you will need to mix farmer's cheese with melted butter and raisins that were previously soaked in warm water. You can use other fillings as well. Pinch off small pieces of the farmer's cheese mixture, enough to fill it in. Press it into the mold, flattening each as needed so the farmer's cheese is roughly level with the dough.
Boil them for about 5 minutes until they float. Serve with sour cream, condensed milk, or preserves.
For the filling
1 lb Farmer's Cheese
1/2 cup Raisins
1 stick Butter
Vareniki is a traditional breakfast meal in Russia. In my family we usually make them with the farmer's cheese, but you can also fill them with berries, fruit, nuts.
Farmer's cheese is very close to the cottage cheese, but it has smaller curds, and is not salty. You can get it at the grocery store or you can prepare it yourself.
For the dough, you will need to blend milk and eggs with a mixer, and then slowly add the flower until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixer. The dough needs to be dry, like a bread dough, as you’ll have to roll it out into thin layers.
Pinch off a ball of dough, roll it out, adding flour as needed to keep everything from sticking. Put the layer of dough over a vareniki mold and in the meantime, prepare a second ball of dough in the same way.
For the filling, you will need to mix farmer's cheese with melted butter and raisins that were previously soaked in warm water. You can use other fillings as well. Pinch off small pieces of the farmer's cheese mixture, enough to fill it in. Press it into the mold, flattening each as needed so the farmer's cheese is roughly level with the dough.
Once the mold has been filled, place the second layer of dough over the top and use a rolling pin to pinch the two layers of dough together.
Once everything has been sealed and cut, flip the mold over and gently knock out the vareniki onto a floured pan. Check each to make sure they’re sealed, and then place the pan in a freezer while preparing your next batch.
Freeze the vareniki, and use what you need for the breakfast throughout the week, month, or year.
Bon appétit!
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