Vareniki recipes

This traditional Russian Potato Vareniki Recipe makes half-moon shaped Russian dumplings filled with mashed potato and caramelised onion that are eaten with sour cream and fresh dill. My baboushka would make a big batch of these along with meat-filled pelmeni for family feasts. Boiled the first time they’re cooked, they’re fantastic fried the next day.

This recipe was inspired by my Eastern European roots! Do you like Pierogi, these Classic Pierogi with Potatoes and Cheese will win you over!

These tips and tricks will help you get the best results with Slavic dumplings.

Potato and onion pierogies are flavourful Ukrainian dumplings, these packets of joy are sublime fried with onions, sour cream and dill.

An easy and quick dough recipe that’s perfect to use for making Russian vareniki or pelmeni. The dough is soft, easy to knead and so versatile!

Homemade vareniki are flavorful and delicious. They also freeze well for a quick weeknight meal. Try making vareniki with our baba's recipe.

A must try cheese dumplings recipe with Ricotta cheese. These lazy vareniki are very easy and require only about 20 minutes, from start to finish to make.

Lazy Pierogi are sweet dumplings made with farmers cheese and flour, then quickly boiled. They are a lazy version of cheese vareniki served for breakfast or dinner with sour cream, butter and jam.

Plum vareniki are quite a treat; sweet inside and out. This was my favorite food growing up and it always brings back sweet memories.