Recipe - Varenyky With Potatoes And Cheese

3 cup Mashed potatoes
1 cup Cottage cheese or cheddar
cheese
1 lg Onion; chopped
1 tablespoon Vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon Salt
Pepper
3 One half cup Sifted flour
1 Egg; beaten
1 cup Water
One half teaspoon Salt

Add cottage cheese to potatoes. Brown onion in shortening; add salt and
pepper and mix with potatoes and cheese. Make dough by combining flour,
egg, water and salt. Roll thin on floured board and cut into circles about
3 inches in diameter. In center of each circle, place 1 tbsp potato
mixture and form into Varenyky by folding over to form a half circle and
press the edges together with the fingers, making certain that the edges
are free of filling. Place Varenyky into 3 quarts of boiing salted water
and continue to boil them 4 minutes after they float. Remove to a colander
and spray with a little cold water to set them. Garnish with melted butter
or margarine.

Recipe by: Cynthia Heller

Recipe by: Temple Beth Am Sisterhood Cookbook, Abington, PA p. 180

Posted to JEWISHFOOD digest by Linda Shapiro lss@coconet.com on Jan 07,
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