Potato and Liver Vareniky with Hot-Water Dough

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   Gather the ingredients and spices for making delicious vareniky from a hot-water dough.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour 250 ml (about 1 cup) of boiling water into a large bowl and add one teaspoon of salt.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add two tablespoons of vegetable oil to the bowl and stir everything together.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add most of the 500 g of wheat flour to the bowl and stir well.

5. Step 5:

   

   Crack in one egg, then stir everything together well once more.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add the remaining flour to the bowl.

7. Step 7:

   

   Mix everything together thoroughly and knead the dough.

8. Step 8:

   

   Keep kneading the dough in the bowl by hand.

9. Step 9:

   

   Gather the kneaded dough into a ball.

10. Step 10:

    

    Put the dough in a plastic bag and set it aside for thirty minutes.

11. Step 11:

    

    Add a little vegetable oil to a skillet, add a finely chopped onion, and fry it over high heat, stirring.

12. Step 12:

    

    Cut 500 g of beef liver into rough pieces.

13. Step 13:

    

    Add the cut-up liver to the skillet with the onion.

14. Step 14:

    

    Fry the liver, stirring, until golden, about ten minutes.

15. Step 15:

    

    Add salt, the pepper blend, and ground nutmeg to taste, lower the heat, and stir everything together.

16. Step 16:

    

    Cover the skillet and continue cooking the liver for five to seven minutes.

17. Step 17:

    

    Run the fried liver and 400 g of boiled potatoes through a meat grinder into a bowl.

18. Step 18:

    

    Mix everything together well and the filling is ready.

19. Step 19:

    

    Once the dough has rested, work in batches: turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and roll it into thin sheets.

20. Step 20:

    

    Cut out dough rounds with a suitable cutter and place the right amount of filling on each.

21. Step 21:

    

    Pinch the edges of each round firmly to seal in the filling.

22. Step 22:

    

    Form the vareniky to the size you want.

23. Step 23:

    

    Drop the vareniky into a pot of boiling water and stir, then once the water returns to a boil, cook for about three to five minutes until done.

24. Step 24:

    

    Transfer the cooked vareniky from the pot to a plate.

25. Step 25:

    

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