Cherry vareniki

Vareniki with cherries is a wonderful combination of flavors, loved by adults and children. Sour berries combined with sugar, wrapped in tender dough will be a great start to the day or a snack. Fresh berries are often used for cooking in season, but you want to treat yourself to homemade dumplings with cherries all year round. In this case, frozen cherries come to the rescue. It can be found in many stores or use tender and juicy dumplings “Sûty Papa”, which are made from quality products and fill the house with flavor. Cook a wonderful dish can be prepared without skill, because the dough for dumplings with cherries is prepared from simple ingredients and do not require special skills.

Ingredients to create a recipe for homemade dumplings with cherries

For the dough:

• 300 gr wheat flour (+ for sprinkling while rolling);
• 150 ml milk;
• 1 hen's egg;
• 0.5 tsp. salt;
• 1 tbsp. vegetable oil.

For the stuffing:

• 400 gr. frozen or fresh cherries;
• 1,5-2 s.l. sugar.

Tips and clarifications before you start cooking dumplings with cherries at home:

• For a classic dough, it is better to use ordinary wheat flour of the highest grade.
• To make the dish lean, the milk should be replaced with water in the same amount.
• The amount of sugar depends on the flavor and acidity of berries.
• The difference between fresh berries and frozen berries is the amount of juice. In frozen products it is more due to the formed ice. Before cooking, be sure to let the cherries defrost. The process is fast, just in time, while the dough will be made.
• On the described amount turned out 35 dumplings.
• It is possible to use starch, but without it, according to the description below, the dumplings turn out whole and during cooking they will not open and leak out.

Step-by-step recipe for cooking dumplings with cherries

1. Place the cherries in a colander over a bowl or in the sink. It all depends on whether there will be a desire to use the drained juice in the future.
2. The dough for dumplings with cherries is prepared quickly, without effort and hassle. Pour flour into a bowl and make a small depression in the center.
3. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with salt
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5. Heat milk or water until warm. 15-20 seconds in the microwave will suffice.
6. Add the egg mixture and milk to the flour mixture
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8. First mix with a spoon and then knead with your hands into an elastic, non-sticky dough. Close to the end, pour in the oil and finish preparing the dough.

   

9. Leave in a bowl under a covered towel for about 20-30 minutes to rest.
10. Cherries do not require any additional manipulations, except for getting rid of the pits. If you buy frozen, you should immediately provide for the purchase of seedless berries. In a fresh berry it is necessary to take out the pips with the help of special kitchen utensils (many garlic crushers have this function) or push them out of the berry with any stick or pin.
11. Pour a little flour on the working surface, lay the dough on it and lightly sprinkle it with flour, as in the photo. For convenience, it is better to divide the dough into two parts. Put the second one under the towel again.

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13. Roll out 1-1.5 mm thick with a rolling pin.
14. Cut out equal circles with a glass or a circle. Roll out the remaining dough again or add to the other half. The photo shows a diameter of 7.5 cm.

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16. Place a cherry, about 3 cherries, on each circle. Sprinkle sugar on top of the berries. It's a matter of taste, on the photo 1/3 tsp is added.

    

17. Hold the filled circle in your hands and carefully pinch the edges together.

    

18. Some of the dumplings with cherries can be boiled at once, the rest can be frozen for later. To freeze the preparations, prepare a flat surface, sprinkle with flour, place the preparations and then put them in the freezer. After a couple of hours, they can be transferred to a bag.
19. For cooking, you should put a saucepan on the stove, pour water, bring to a boil. Lightly salt and throw in the dumplings with cherries.

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21. Cook after boiling over medium heat or temp for about 9 minutes. If the diameter of the circles was smaller, minutes 7-7.5.

Homemade dumplings with cherries turn out juicy with an explosive flavor of berries. They can be served with sour cream or honey. A rich start to the day or a nutritious dessert the whole family will love.