Catholic Recipe: Cheese Turnovers
INGREDIENTS
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- pinch salt
Filling:
- 1 pound dry cottage cheese
- 2 eggs
- dash ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- dash of salt
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla
- sour cream
Details
Yield: 12 turnovers
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Difficulty: ★★☆☆
Cost: ★★☆☆
For Ages: 15+
Origin: Ukraine
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Also Called: Warenyki
DIRECTIONS
Make thin batter of beaten eggs, flour. Add water gradually; beat until smooth. Add melted butter, salt; mix well. Pour thin streams of batter in center of heated, greased 10-inch skillet, distributing batter evenly. Fry until pancake is smooth and firm on top, lightly browned on bottom. Turn out on clean towel. Repeat.
Filling:
Combine cheese with remaining ingredients, except sour cream; mix well.Spread warenyki with filling. Tuck sides in; fold or roll in shape of envelope. When all turnovers are filled and rolled, brown in butter in skillet on both sides until firm. Top with sour cream. Serve hot.
Yield, 12 turnovers
Recipe Source: Catholic Cookbook, The by William I. Kaufman, The Citadel Press, New York, 1965Sat19 AprilOn Holy Saturday, the Church waits at the Lord's tomb, in prayer and fasting, meditating on his Passion and Death and on his Descent into Hell and awaiting his Resurrection. The Church abstains from the Sacrifice of the Mass, with the sacred table left bare, until after the solemn Vigil, that is, the anticipation…
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