Recipes · Ukrainian · Main Courses
Butsyky (Curd Dumplings Baked in Sour Cream)
One serving has 680 kcal and 26 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (89%), riboflavin (80%), thiamin (64%), phosphorus (56%), folate (44%) and cobalamin (43%). Ready in 100 minutes.
- Preparation: 55 min
- Cooking: 45 min
- Makes: 1 serving (366 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, egg, gluten
Ingredients
- 80 g Flour, all-purpose
- 25 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 30 g Water
- 100 g Cottage cheese (tvorog)
- 0.8 g Salt
- 80 g Sour cream
- 40 g Milk, whole
- 10 g Butter, unsalted
Method
- Mix the flour with about half the egg, the water and a pinch of the salt, and knead for 5-7 minutes into a smooth, firm dough; cover and rest for 30 minutes.
- For the filling, mash the cottage cheese with the rest of the egg and the remaining salt until fairly smooth.
- Roll the dough out thinly, about 2 mm, and cut it into small rounds about 5 cm across; butsyky are smaller than ordinary varenyky.
- Put a teaspoon of filling on each round, fold it over and pinch the edges firmly to seal.
- Butter a small ovenproof dish or clay pot with a little of the butter and pack the uncooked dumplings into it in one or two snug layers.
- Stir the sour cream with the milk, pour it over the dumplings so they are almost covered, and dot with the rest of the butter.
- Cover and bake at 180°C for 30-35 minutes, then uncover and bake for 10 minutes more, until the dough is tender and the sauce is bubbling and lightly golden.
- Serve hot from the dish, with the sauce spooned over; butsyky are a speciality of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 680 kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 70.2 g | |
| Water | 234 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.2 g | 7% |
| Protein | 25.8 g | 54% |
| Tryptophan | 0.34 g | |
| Threonine | 1 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.3 g | |
| Leucine | 2.3 g | |
| Lysine | 1.7 g | |
| Methionine | 0.61 g | |
| Cystine | 0.34 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.4 g | |
| Tyrosine | 1.2 g | |
| Valine | 1.5 g | |
| Histidine | 0.7 g | |
| Fat | 32.4 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 8.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.9 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.02 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.6 g | |
| Saturated | 16.5 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.65 g | |
| Cholesterol | 183 mg | |
| Calcium | 238 mg | 24% |
| Copper | 0.19 mg | 21% |
| Iron | 4.3 mg | 24% |
| Magnesium | 41.1 mg | 13% |
| Manganese | 0.57 mg | 32% |
| Phosphorus | 392 mg | 56% |
| Potassium | 379 mg | 8% |
| Selenium | 49 µg | 89% |
| Sodium | 706 mg | |
| Zinc | 1.7 mg | 21% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.7 mg | 64% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.88 mg | 80% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 5 mg | 35% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.8 mg | 37% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.17 mg | 13% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 177 µg | 44% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 1 µg | 43% |
| Choline | 115 mg | 27% |
| Vitamin A | 263 µg | 38% |
| Vitamin C | 0.72 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 43.9 IU | 7% |
| Vitamin E | 1.1 mg | 7% |
| Vitamin K | 2.3 µg | 3% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.7 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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