Fried vareniki with cherries
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Sweet dumplings don't necessarily need to be boiled—they can be fried, resulting in small yet very tasty cherry-filled pastries. It's best to use boiled dough. Once you've tried this dough, you'll never want to make dumplings with any other kind. Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the listed ingredients. Dumplings can be made with either fresh cherries or cherries in their own juice.
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Step 2
Melt the milk in a saucepan or skillet, or cauldron. Add butter, sugar, and salt to it. Mix thoroughly. Add 50-60 grams of wheat flour and place the container on the stove, incorporating the flour into the liquid.
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Step 3
Cook the dough for about 5-8 minutes over medium heat until thickened. Then let it cool for about 5-10 minutes and beat in a chicken egg, immediately mixing it into the dough.
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Step 4
After that, transfer the mixture to a deep container and mix in half of the remaining flour.
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Step 5
Then let the dough rest under plastic wrap for 20 minutes. After that, it will become sticky. Incorporate another half of the flour into it, and use the remaining flour for rolling.
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Step 6
Divide the dough into 2-3 parts and roll each into a round sheet. Dip a glass or cup into flour and cut out circles for dumplings.
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Step 7
Place 2-3 berries in the center of the circles and sprinkle with 1/4 tsp of sugar.
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Step 8
Seal the edges of the circles and shape them into dumplings. If desired, you can make the edges decorative. At this stage, the dumplings can be frozen in the freezer.
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Step 9
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan or skillet and place the dumplings in one at a time. Cook over medium heat, frying for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown.
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Step 10
Then place them on a plate and serve hot with a sweet sauce.