Ukrainian Sweet Lazy Pierogi (Vareniki)
Lazy Pierogi are sweet dumplings made with farmers cheese and flour, then quickly boiled. They are a lazy version of cheese vareniki served for breakfast or dinner with sour cream, butter and jam.
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Instructions
Bring large pot of water to a boil. In a large bowl, add ricotta cheese, eggs, flour, sugar and salt. Stir well until combined. The dough will be sticky.
Spoon 1/5th of the dough onto a well floured surface and roll into a rope, sprinkling with more flour as you go. Flatten gently with your hands and cut with a knife into 1 inch dumplings.
Generosuly salt the boiling water (prevents sticking) and reduce heat to low-medium and not vigorous boil. These are delicate pierogi. As you carefully separate each dumpling, give it a gentle roll in flour and add to the pot. Work quickly and cook in a few batches.
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Store: Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Handle gently: My main tip for cooking these Ukrainian lazy dumplings is to handle them gently and they shouldn’t fall apart. I do not love to add too much flour but rather taste more cheese, this keeps dumplings fluffy and light too. Roll ropes gently, drop in water with care, stir with wooden spoon slowly and remove into a dish gently.
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It's always bothered me how terrible my lazy vareniki look (even though no one but me cares!) so i checked out your recipe for hints. I'd already made my own dough, similar to yours but w/traditional pressed cottage cheese & 3 eggs. I refrigerate for half an hour and pat the dough out to a rectangle rather than rolling otherwise i end up handling them too much. Working with a fifth of the dough at a time, instead of halves, made a huge difference, as did boiling at a lower temp than filled vareniki. And I'll try 2 eggs next time. Thanks!
My family always served these as a side dish rather than dessert so I don't add sugar to the dough but this time we did have some with sour cream and jam which was delicious.
These were amazing!!! It was all we could do not to eat them completely gone lol. Delicious!
Love how easy these were for a quick dessert!
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