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Title: Varenikis - Non-Fruit Fillings
Categories: Side Jewish
Yield: 6 Servings
| POTATO FILLING | ||
| 3 | lg | Russet or Idaho potatoes, peeled and sliced |
| Thin | ||
| Water | ||
| Salt | ||
| 1 | lg | Onion, diced |
| 3 | tb | Corn oil |
| 1 | tb | Salt (or to taste) |
| 1 | ts | Black pepper, freshly ground (to taste) |
| 1 | lg | Onion, diced fine (for topping) |
| 1/4 | c | Corn oil |
| SAVORY CHEESE FILLING | ||
| 1 | pt | Small-curd cottage cheese or pot cheese |
| 1 | Egg, beaten | |
| 3 | tb | Butter or margarine, softened to room temperature |
| 1 | ts | Salt, or to taste |
| 1/4 | ts | White pepper |
| SWEET CHEESE FILLING | ||
| 1 | pt | Small-curd cottage cheese or pot cheese |
| 1 | Egg, beaten | |
| 3 | tb | Butter or margarine, softened to room temperature |
| 2 | tb | Sugar |
| 1 | ts | Salt, or to taste |
| s | our | cream or yogurt, for |
| - | topp | ing |
POTATO FILLING: In a pot, boil the sliced potatoes in salted water to cover until they are tender.
While the potatoes are cooking, in a skillet, heat the corn oil. Saute the first, diced onion in the hot oil until it is a dark golden brown.
Drain the potatoes and place in a bowl. Mash them together with the sauteed onion. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste and use as filling for varenikis.
In the skillet, heat the 1/4 cup of corn oil. Saute the second, finely diced onion in the oil until brown. Toss with the cooked varenikis before serving.
SAVORY CHEESE FILLING: In a mixing bowl, mash the cheese well with a fork. Beat in the egg, the soft butter or margarine, salt, and white pepper. Refrigerate the filling for at least 1 hour before using.
SWEET CHEESE FILLING: In a mixing bowl, mash the cheese well with a fork. Beat in the egg, the soft butter or margarine, salt, sugar, and white pepper. Refrigerate the filling for at least 1 hour before using.
Serve the cooked varenikis with sour cream or yogurt on the side for topping.
Recipe: Mama Leah's Jewish Kitchen, A Compendium Of More Than 225 úúúúúúúúúTasty Recipes -- Kugel To Kasha ~- Blintzes To Borscht -- úúúúúúúúúby Leah Loeb Fischer with Maria Poluskin Robbins. úúúúúúúúúCopyrighted 1990 Published by MacMillan Publishing Company.
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