Ideal for morning tea parties: we cook kefir verguns.

Verguny is a traditional Ukrainian taste from the Poltava region. They were often prepared for holidays, even during fasting periods. Crispy verguns are pastries that many of us remember from childhood. If you remember the taste of sweet airy verguns, then this recipe is for you, says chef Svetlana Yurchenkowho used to advise cooking steam dumplings on kefir

Ingredients: (all products at room temperature)

• 150 ml kefir 3.2%

• 100 g sour cream

• 2 yolks

• 2 tbsp. l. melted butter

• 400-450 g flour

• a pinch of salt

• 3-4 st. l. Sahara

• 10 g vanilla sugar

• powdered sugar to taste

• 1 tsp soda

• oil (+lard) for frying

Cooking:

Sift flour into a bowl, add soda, mix. Pour slightly warm kefir (fermented or ryazhenka) into another bowl, add salt, sugar, vanilla sugar, sour cream, yolks, melted butter, mix the mass. In portions, add flour to the kefir mass and begin to knead the dough. Knead an obedient elastic dough. It is soft and slightly sticky to the hands. We wrap it in a film or bag and leave it to rest for 20 minutes.

We spread the dough on a table sprinkled with flour and roll it into a layer 1-1.5 cm thick. Cut the layer into rectangles or diamonds 8 × 4 cm in size. We make a small incision in the center of a rectangle or rhombus. Now we do what, in fact, distinguishes this dish from any other deep-fried sweet pastry - we give the verguns their classic look. To do this, we turn one end of the workpiece through a hole in the center.

We fry the verguns in boiling vegetable oil. A saucepan or deep frying pan is perfect for this. We put the finished verguns on a plate covered with paper towels. When the paper absorbs all the excess fat, we shift the verguns to a clean dish. Sprinkle the verguns with powdered sugar.

Recall the recipe for a marble keto cupcake, the peculiarity of which is that this taste can be eaten even by those who adhere to a strict diet.