When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Dough ingredients (3-4 servings): – 1kg (weight unpeeled) potatoes – 2 eggs – 6-8tbsp flour – 1 bunch scallion – 1/2 tsp salt – 1 tbsp olive oil for frying Filling ingredients: – 300g minced beef – 1/2 tsp salt – 1/2 tsp black pepper Sauce ingredients: – 200g sour cream – a few sprigs chopped scallion Method: 1 Beef filling 1.1 Cook minced beef for 40 minutes in salted water 1.2 Drain the broth in another pan 1.3 Mix boil beef with black pepper and salt 2 Potato dough 2.1 Was ..read more

Patsuk opened his mouth, stared at the Vareniki, and opened his mouth wider still. At that moment, a varenik jumped out of the bowl, splashed into the cream, flipped over and leapt straight up into his mouth. Patsuk opened his mouth again, and another varenik went through the same performance. The only trouble he took was to munch it up and swallow it. N.V. Gogol Filling ingredients (all ingredients for 4 servings = ~30 Vareniki): – 500g new potatoes – 200g champignons – 1 onion – 1 carrot – 1 tsp salt – 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Dough ingredients:– 260g wheat flour – 130ml water – 30ml oliv ..read more

Patsuk opened his mouth, stared at the Vareniki, and opened his mouth wider still. At that moment, a varenik jumped out of the bowl, splashed into the cream, flipped over and leapt straight up into his mouth. Patsuk opened his mouth again, and another varenik went through the same performance. The only trouble he took was to munch it up and swallow it. N.V. Gogol Filling ingredients (all ingredients for 4 servings = ~30 Vareniki): – 400g pointed white cabbage or young white cabbage – 1 onion – 1 carrot – 1 tsp salt – 1/2 tsp black pepper – 1 tsp sugar – 1 tsp vinegar Dough ingredients:– 260 ..read more

Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to. Lao Tzu Batter ingredients (10-12 Syrniki): – 500g cottage cheese – 2 tbsp sugar – 2 tsp Vanilla sugar – 1 egg – 4 tbsp flour Additional ingredients: – 3-4 tbsp flour for dipping Syrniki – sunflower oil for frying – honey for serving Method: 1 Mix batter ingredients until smooth 2 For each Syrnik, dip 1 tbsp batter in flour, form a round with fingers and put it on the wooden board 3 Pre-heat sunflower oil in the skillet: fry Syrniki 2-4 min each side until golden: transfer them on paper towels to absorb ..read more

Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to. Lao Tzu Ingredients (10-12 Syrniki): – 500g cottage cheese – 2 tbsp sugar – 2 tsp Vanilla sugar – 1 egg – 4 tbsp flour Additional ingredients: – 3 tbsp flour for dipping Syrniki – sunflower oil for frying – 200g sour cream for serving Method: 1 Mix Syrniki ingredients until smooth 2 Dip 1 tbsp Syrniki batter in flour, form a round with fingers and put it on the wooden board 3 Pre-heat sunflower oil in the skillet: fry Syrniki each side until golden (3-5 min): let them cool down for 5 minutes on paper tow ..read more

…nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book… Nikolai Gogol Ingredients (for 12 cabbage rolls): – 1 pointed head cabbage (it is more tender for this recipe than white cabbage) – 4oog minced beef – 120g rice – 1 red onion – 250g mashed tomatoes (tomato passata) – 1.5 tsp salt – 0.5 tsp black pepper – 200g sour cream for serving Directions: 1 Boil rice until ready 2 Carefully separate cabbage leaves and boil them for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a plate to cool down 3 Chop onion 4 Mix minced beef with boiled rice ..read more

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Dough ingredients (3-4 servings): – 1kg (weight unpeeled) potatoes – 2 eggs – 6-8tbsp flour – 1 bunch scallion – 1/2 tsp salt – 1 tbsp olive oil for frying Filling ingredients: – 300g minced beef – 1/2 tsp salt – 1/2 tsp black pepper Sauce ingredients: – 200g sour cream – a few sprigs chopped scallion Method: 1 Beef filling 1.1 Cook minced beef for 40 minutes in salted water 1.2 Drain the broth in another pan 1.3 Mix boil beef with black pepper and salt 2 Potato dough 2.1 Was ..read more

Patsuk opened his mouth, stared at the Vareniki, and opened his mouth wider still. At that moment, a varenik jumped out of the bowl, splashed into the cream, flipped over and leapt straight up into his mouth. Patsuk opened his mouth again, and another varenik went through the same performance. The only trouble he took was to munch it up and swallow it. N.V. Gogol Filling ingredients (all ingredients for 4 servings = ~30 Vareniki): – 500g new potatoes – 200g champignons – 1 onion – 1 carrot – 1 tsp salt – 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Dough ingredients:– 260g wheat flour – 130ml water – 30ml oliv ..read more

Patsuk opened his mouth, stared at the Vareniki, and opened his mouth wider still. At that moment, a varenik jumped out of the bowl, splashed into the cream, flipped over and leapt straight up into his mouth. Patsuk opened his mouth again, and another varenik went through the same performance. The only trouble he took was to munch it up and swallow it. N.V. Gogol Filling ingredients (all ingredients for 4 servings = ~30 Vareniki): – 400g pointed white cabbage or young white cabbage – 1 onion – 1 carrot – 1 tsp salt – 1/2 tsp black pepper – 1 tsp sugar – 1 tsp vinegar Dough ingredients:– 260 ..read more

Tradition: one Varenik called “Happy” is made with a filling different from others (sweet if others are salty and salty if others are sweet). According to the tradition, the one who finds in his/her plate the “Happy Varenik” and eats it will be happy in love ! Vareniki dough ingredients (for 2 servings): – 260g wheat flour – 130ml water – 30ml olive oil – 1/2 tsp salt Vareniki filling ingredients (for 2 servings): – 200g cottage cheese (you can also use Feta for salty Vareniki) – 2 tablespoons sugar (for sweet Vareniki) / 1 teaspoon salt (for salty Vareniki) – 1 small egg Serving ingredient ..read more