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Cottage Cheese Vareniki Recipe
by Global Cookbook

Cottage Cheese Vareniki
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  Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 2 c. Flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 lb Cottage cheese (may use low-fat)
  • 1 x Egg, lightly beaten
  • 1/3 c. Lowfat milk Melted butter Bread crumbs, browned in butter Lowfat sour cream (optional) Fried bacon, crumbled (optional)
  • 1 lb Dry cottage cheese
  • 1 x Egg, lightly beaten Salt

Directions

  1. Serves:6
  2. NOODLES:Dough: First mix flour with the salt. Combine the egg, lowfat milk and cottage cheese in blender. Stir combination into the flour and salt and knead to make a soft dough. Cover and let the dough stand for 10 min.
  3. Filling: In a bowl, combine the cottage cheese with the egg, and season to taste with salt. The filling should be thick sufficient to hold its shape in a spoon.
  4. Roll the dough quite thin on a floured board. Cut rounds with a large biscuit cutter or possibly with the rim of a glass. For speedier work, the dough may be cut into 2 - 2 1/2 inch squares. Put a round or possibly square of dough on the palm of your hand. Place a spoonful of the cheese filling on the dough, fold it over to create a half circle or possibly triangle, and press the edges together with your fingers. The edges should be free of filling. Be sure which the edges are sealed well to prevent the filling from running out.
  5. Place the vareniki on a floured board or possibly a kitchen towel (do not crowd them), and cover with a kitchen towel to prevent drying.
  6. Drop a few vareniki at a time into a large quantity of rapidly boiling salted (optional) water. Don't attempt to cook too many at a time.
  7. Stir very gently with a wooden spoon to separate the vareniki and to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Continue boiling for 3 4 min. Vareniki are ready when they are well puffed. Remove them to a colander and drain thoroughly. Place in a deep dish, sprinkle generously with melted butter, and toss very gently to coat them proportionately with butter.
  8. Serve in a large dish without piling or possibly crowding them. Top with bread crumbs. The traditional accompaniment is lowfat sour cream or possibly crumbled bacon, or possibly both.
  9. An additional egg or possibly egg yolk, or possibly some thick lowfat sour cream, may be used in the filling if the cottage cheese is very dry.