Name: Ukrainian varenyky — potato and cottage cheese
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 300 g all-purpose flour; 150 ml warm water; 1 large egg; 0.5 tsp salt; 400 g potatoes; 150 g cottage cheese (5% fat); 2 tbsp fried onion; 1 to taste salt and pepper; 30 g sour cream (to serve)

Recipes
Ukrainian varenyky — potato and cottage cheese
Vegetarian📦 Batch cook❄ Freezer-friendly

Savoury Ukrainian dumplings filled with mashed potato and cottage cheese, served with fried onion and sour cream. Freeze the spares on a tray then bag them.

kcal

380

14g

58g

⏱ 75 min✂ 30 prep👤 4 serves🧊 3fridge

Ingredients

300 g all-purpose flour
150 ml warm water
1 large egg
0.5 tsp salt
400 g potatoes
150 g cottage cheese (5% fat)
2 tbsp fried onion
1 to taste salt and pepper

Steps

Whisk flour, egg, water and salt in a bowl, then knead 8 minutes until smooth. Rest covered 30 min.
Meanwhile boil potatoes in salted water 20 min. Drain, mash, mix with cottage cheese, fried onion, salt + pepper. Cool.
Roll dough to 2 mm. Cut 8 cm circles. Place a teaspoon of filling, fold and pinch the edges tight (no air pockets).
Drop varenyky in batches into salted boiling water. After they float, cook 3 minutes more, scoop out.
Serve with fried onion and a dollop of sour cream.

Per serving micros

% of adult daily reference intake (FDA/EFSA averaged)

Iron
13%