Wareneki (Vran-ik-ya)

For Mennonite Heritage Week this year, I decided to make another video. You can find the video and the recipe below. The recipe comes from Mennonite Girls Can Cook, published by Herald Press. Used with permission. Also please note that in the video we doubled the recipe.

Enjoy!

Wareneki Recipe:

Dough Ingredients: Dough Instructions:

- 1/2 tsp salt 1. Place dry ingredients into a mixing bowl

- 1/2 tsp baking powder 2. Stir in egg white and sour cream

- 2 cups flour 3. Using your hands, knead until the dough is

- 1 egg white smooth. Cover and refridgerate for 1 hour.

(save yolk for filling) 4. While the dough is chilling, make the fillings (recipe

- 1 cup sour cream follows.) Each filling recipe is enough for 1 recipe of

dough.

5. On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 recipe of dough

into a very thin rectangle.

6. Using a small icecream scoop, place balls of filling

along 1 end of dough.

7. Fold dough over filling. Use a small round cutter to

press down over each mound of filling. The dough is

very easy to work with and should stick together. If it

doesn't, pinch the edges to seal the filling.

8. Place Wareneki on a parchment-lined baking sheet a

and refridgerate until ready to boil, or freeze them

on the sheet until solid. Store them in freezer bags.

Cottage Cheese Filling Ingredients: Cottage Cheese Filling Instructions:

- 2 cups dry curd cottage cheese 1. Mix together well.

- 1 egg yolk

- 1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground pepper

Cooking Instructions:

1. bring to boil lightly salted water in a large saucepan.

2. Drop fresh or frozen Wareneki into boiling water and boil for 5 minutes if fresh or 10 minutes if frozen. Wareneki will float when they are cooked.

3. Drain immediately.

4. Serve with gravy. (Recipe follows).

Wareneki Gravy Ingredients: Wareneki Gravy Instructions:

- 1/4 cup of butter 1. In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in

- 1 cup sour cream or whipping cream sour cream.

- Salt and pepper 2. Bring to light boil; reduce heat to

simmer.

3. Salt and pepper to taste if using sour

cream.

4. Simmer 5-10 minuetes

Happy Mennonite Heritage Week!