Recipe#10467

Title: Cherry 02

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking 
 Subject: Cherry Vareniki 
 Message-ID: D1LBLz.60B@bonkers.taronga.com 
 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 20:58:47 GMT 

1/3 cup sour cream
 1 egg
 1 egg yolk
 1 teaspoon salt
 1 1/2 cups flour
 16 ounce can tart red pitted cherries
 9 tablespoons sugar
 3 tablespoons cornstarch
 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
 1/8 teaspoon cloves
 1 egg white
 23 ounce jar sour cherry preserves
 6 tablespoons butter, melted
 1 pint sour cream
 Blend 1/3 cup sour cream, egg, yolk and salt.  Add flour and mix
 thoroughly until dough forms ball. Wrap dough in plastic, refrigerate
 2 hours.
 Drain cherries in colander over bowl, reserve syrup.
 Cut dough into 8 pieces.  Roll 1 piece out in pasta machine or by
 hand.  Cut out 3 inch rounds.  Repeat rolling and cutting with
 remaining dough until you have 36 rounds.
 Line baking sheet with paper towels.  Mix 8 tablespoons sugar,
 cornstarch, cinnamon and cloves in medium bowl with fork.  Brush
 1 dough round lightly with egg white.  Place 1/4 teaspoons preserves
 in center of dough.  Roll two cherries in sugar mixture and set on
 top preserves.  Fold one side of dough over filling, pressing edges
 to seal.  Place on prepared sheet.  Repeat with remaining dough,
 preserves, cherries and sugar mixture.
 Pour reserved cherry syrup into saucepan.  Stir in 1 tablespoon
 sugar and boil until reduced to 1/3 cup.  Cool.
 Bring a large pot of water to a boil.  Cook in 2 batches, 18 vareniki
 at a time and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasonally.
 To serve, place 6 vareniki in a bowl.  Spoon 1 tablespoon melted
 butter over and sprinkle a tablespoon of sugar over.  Top with a
 dollop of sour cream and drizzle cherry syrup over.