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DESSERT

VARENIKIS TVOROGOM (Dough Stuffed with Cottage Cheese), Russian

Ingredients

Dough

• 2 cups flour
• 3 eggs and 1 egg white, or 1 egg and 4 tbsp. water
• ¼ tsp. salt

Stuffing

• 1 lb. cottage cheese
• 1 tbsp. sour cream
• 1 egg
• ¼ tsp. salt

Preparation Instructions

Make a stiff dough with the above listed ingredients. Roll it out very thin and cut into round pieces 2 ½ inches in diameter. Put a teaspoonful of stuffing on the round piece of dough, moisten the edges with egg white and cover it with another piece of dough, pressing the edges together firmly. Have boiling water ready and drop vareniki into the water one at a time. Boil for about 12 minutes. Serve with melted butter and sour cream.

Contributed by Mrs. Helen Semchevsky, 1950

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