Traditional dumplings made of wheat flour turn out white. But the dough can be colored. Cherries are ideal for this purpose. The color turns out rich and homogeneous. Such a dish can be cooked even for Easter, because red is the symbol of this holiday.

The idea of cooking red dumplings was shared by famous Ukrainian chef Vladimir Yaroslavskyi(yaroslavskyi_vova) on Instagram.

Ingredients for 26-30 dumplings:

Batter:

• 160 g cherry juice.
• 20 g butter
• 175 g flour
• 25g sugar

Filling:

• 300 gr cottage cheese
• 1 egg yolk
• 40 g sugar

Sauce:

• leftover cherries - 240 g
• sugar - 50 g
• butter - 15 gr
• you can add a little bit of orange juice
• sour cream for serving - 200g

Method of preparation:

1. Pour the juice into a saucepan, add the sugar, butter and bring to the boil. Add 100 g of flour, quickly knead the mixture with a wooden spatula and remove the casserole from the heat.

2. Remove the dough from the saucepan, cool slightly, and incorporate the remaining 75 g of flour.

3. Cover with clingfilm and let cool for 20-30 minutes.

4. Roll out the dough thinly.

5. Cut out circles 7 cm in diameter, put the filling on the bottom, previously grated with sugar and egg yolk cottage cheese.

6. Form dumplings, then cook for 3 minutes in salted water.

7. Separately, heat the remaining cherries in a pan, add sugar and a bit of butter and heat the cooked dumplings on both sides to bring back the color.

8. Serve with sour cream or ryazhenka.

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