STEPS
INGREDIENTS
For the filling make simple mush potato or use leftover mush
Fry chopped onion in 1 tbsp olive oil till golden
Add chopped mushrooms to the frying pan
Mix the mushroom-onion mixture with mush potato, season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside to cool
For the dough mix 6 cup all purpose flour with 1-1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Add 2 1/2 cup iced water
Mix well till the dough becomes manageable to work with hands
Kneed the dough with force. It will not be flexible but the longer you kneed it the softer it'll become
Make a ball out of dough and wrap it in plastic wrap. Let it rest for about an hour on your kitchen counter
The easy way to make round circles out of dough is: dust the work surface with flour. Then cut a piece and roll it out. Make it about 2 millimeters thin
Then carefully cut circles with a glass rim. Continue same process with the rest of the dough
Alternative way to make rounds out of dough. Take some dough and roll a thick sausage. Then divide into inch thick pieces
With your fingers round the pieces a bit
Dip each piece in flour and roll out each piece into large apple sized circles
Fill each bunch with filling before rolling out the next bunch of dough because it dries quickly. It will not stick together well after filling
Place the filling in the middle and close the ends (press tightly so it will not open during cooking)
You can leave it as is or...
Beautify your varenniki by making the ends look twisted rope
These are three ways to close varenniki. It maybe helpful if you make 3 different filling. This is how you can tell them apart
Make as much as you can to freeze it for future use
For cooking boil plenty of water. Add one bay leaf, 4-5 peppercorns, teaspoon dry dill and 2 tablespoons salt
Bring the water to boil and drop varenniki inside. Mix gently so they will not stick to each other. Cook for 6-8 minutes. Do not over cook
Freeze all uncooked leftover varenniki in a ziplog bag
Brash cooked varenniki with butter or olive oil for vegan version
Ways to serve: you may eat varenniki with butter. You may put a dollop of sour cream on the side
It may be eaten with ketchup for vegan version or Italian tomato sauce
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Ilanit V. B.
Proud owner of "Coffee Shots" and "Chickpeas". Multicultural mom with tendency to improve what already exists, seems like nothing new...yet totally different
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