Blueberry Varenyky
Blueberries are drier than cherries or strawberries, which makes them easier to work with — as long as you do not sugar them early. Sugar pulls out their juice within minutes and the fruit ends up swimming. Mix everything just before shaping and work fast.
- Prep
- 45 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Rest
- 30 min
- Total
- 1 h 30 min
- Servings
- 6
- Level
- Medium
- Per serving
- 330 kcal
Ingredients
Dough
Filling
Makes: about 45 varenyky
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Method
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Step 1: Make the dough
Scald the flour and salt with hot water, add the oil and knead smooth, as in the basic recipe. Rest it under cling film for 30 minutes.
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Step 2: Sort the berries
Pick out leaves and any crushed fruit: one burst blueberry leaks more than ten whole ones.
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Step 3: Roll out first
Roll the dough to 2 mm and cut all the 8 cm rounds in advance, keeping them under a towel. The filling gets mixed only once everything is ready.
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Step 4: Mix the filling
Just before shaping, combine the blueberries with the sugar, starch and zest. The starch coats each berry and binds the juice once it is inside.
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Step 5: Work quickly
Put a heaped teaspoon of fruit on each round and crimp twice, pressing dry, flour-free dough together. Work in batches of ten.
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Step 6: Boil
Slide them into salted boiling water and nudge them off the base. Once they float, cook for 3 minutes; the rim turns translucent.
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Step 7: Serve
Lift into a bowl, pour over the purple juice left behind in the filling bowl and serve with sour cream.
Tips & variations
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Tip
Do not thaw frozen blueberries. Toss them with sugar and starch while still icy and shape at once — they barely leak that way.
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Variation
Half blueberries and half raspberries give a brighter, sharper filling, but use only firm raspberries or it will collapse.
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Tip
Do not overfill. Berries expand in boiling water and burst a seam that was packed too full.
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Storage
Freeze raw in a single layer on a board for up to three months. Cook from frozen with 2 minutes added.
Nutrition
| 1 serving | Whole dish 6 servings | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 330 kcal | 1,980 kcal |
| Protein | 8 g | 48 g |
| Fat | 6 g | 36 g |
| Carbohydrates | 62 g | 372 g |
Approximate values calculated from standard ingredient data.
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