Dumplings with cherries (Cherry vareniki)
Do you like dumplings with cherries? I just love them! Especially homemade ones, made with your own hands according to a proven recipe. Today I will share this recipe with you, dear readers. The dough is thin and tender, and the filling is sweet and juicy. No store-bought semi-finished products can compare with these dumplings.
The advantage of this recipe is that the dough can be prepared in advance and stored in the freezer. It turns out very soft and elastic, does not stick to the work surface. Dumplings with cherries can be boiled immediately after cooking or frozen and stored in the freezer. The main thing is to observe the proportions, follow the step-by-step recipe, and everything will work out!
For the recipe, you can use fresh, frozen or canned cherries in their own juice. Frozen berries must be removed from the freezer in advance and discarded in a sieve to remove excess juice. Canned cherries also need to be strained from juice.
Ingredients for making dumplings with cherries:
Ingredients:
Wheat flour – 3 cups (volume 250 ml).
Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
Cold water – 185 ml.
Sunflower oil – 25 ml.
Salt – 0.5 tsp.
Pitted cherries – 500 g.
Sugar – 100 g.
Recipe for making dumplings with cherries
Step-by-step instructions:
1. Sift wheat flour into a deep bowl. Beat in 2 chicken eggs.
2. Pour cold water into the mixture, add salt.
3. To make the dough elastic, pour in refined vegetable oil.
4. Knead soft and homogeneous dough.
5. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to a thickness of 3 mm. Using a cookie cutter or a glass of a suitable diameter, cut out round shapes from the dough.
6. Wash the cherries and remove the pits. Transfer the berries to a sieve or colander to drain off excess juice. If desired, you can use it to make cherry sauce for the dumplings. Place a few cherries in the middle of each piece. Sprinkle the berries with sugar to make the dumplings sweet.
7. Pinch the edges of the dumplings, forming a decorative braid along the edge.
8. Lower the dumplings with cherries into boiling salted water. After the dumplings float to the surface, cook them for 5-7 minutes, depending on the size of the products and the thickness of the dough. Try one dumpling. If the dough on the curly braid is cooked, the dish is ready.
Serve tender and juicy dumplings with cherries hot with sour cream.
Bon appetit!
Please note:
Kefir pie with cherries in a multicooker