Vareniki with cherries. Recipe for all occasions

The traditional, the most popular and favorite dish of Ukrainian cuisine, of course, vareniki. A skilled landlady can cook so many of their species that an inexperienced culinary creativity dilettante, this may seem simply unreal.

Dough for dumplings can be kneaded on water, on sour cream with soda, on whey, there are vareniki on kefir, the recipe of which is used, probably, more often than others. In order to make them delicious, it is very important to keep the proportions of yogurt and flour, and knead the dough is not very steep, so that the finished products were soft. Some prefer to add soda in the dough, then in the process of cooking vareniki become airy, lush. But vareniki on kefir and soda is better for steaming. To do this, they must be put in a steamer and left for 15 minutes under the lid until it is ready.

So, vareniki come from different types of dough, and are cooked in water or steam. As for the filling, then only the lazy will not choose the favorite kind for himself. You can cook vareniki with potatoes, with potatoes and liver, with potatoes and mushrooms. Very popular vareniki with cottage cheese, with cottage cheese and raisins. For children, vareniki with strawberries are perfect as a delicious sweet dish . The recipe for their preparation is simple, but in order that the dumpling with the berry does not tear, it is better to cook it for a couple. Some mistresses prefer instead of a steamer used stretched on a pot of boiling water, gauze. Dumplings with cherries, the recipe of which each mother gives to her daughter, is especially loved in families, and the modeling process itself sometimes becomes a wonderful prelude to a family dinner. Traditionally, this dish is prepared in the summer, when the cherry ripens, but for the stocky mistress it is possible and in winter to cook dumplings with cherries. The recipe allows the use of canned cherries, so if in the heat of summer you take care and prepare several jars of canned cherries in their own juice without a stone, grateful households on a cold winter evening can gratefully absorb a surprisingly tasty dish, abundantly savoring it with sour cream.

Lovers of traditional Ukrainian cuisine, of course, the vareniki with cabbage will be called the most favorite dumplings. After all, in addition to roasted fresh cabbage, they can be stuffed with cabbage stewed with tomatoes, cabbage stewed fresh and sauerkraut, cabbage with mushrooms, cabbage with meat, cabbage with stewed cabbage. Each dish is delicious in its own way, it has a beautiful harmonious taste. If in addition to the already prepared dish to prepare a dressing from fried onions with sour cream, the dish will acquire a complete divine taste.

All vareniki can be harvested for future use, whether traditional with meat, liver, cottage cheese, or vareniki with cherries. The recipe for making such vareniki does not fundamentally differ from usual. This method is very convenient for someone who does not have enough time for frequent cooking: after all, how not to twist, but to manually nape and cook vareniki, you need at least 2-3 hours. And if you cook vareniki with cherries, do not change and do not modify the recipe, but after they are stuck together, dampen them with flour and freeze, you will always have a full meal at hand. It is only necessary to boil water and put frozen vareniki in it, and after 15 minutes a delicious and tasty dish will smoke on the table.

Vareniki is perfectly combined with other dishes. For example, if you cook vareniki with potatoes, a salad of fresh vegetables will complement their taste. Dumplings in cabbage can be served as an independent dish, as well as in combination with boiled or fried meat. Vareniki with mushrooms are good with a sauce of sour cream and garlic. In short, dumplings are so versatile dish that can serve as the main dish during lunch, and serve for tea (sweet dumplings), and complemented and combined with other products.