This autumn, the season of wild mushrooms was high in Ukraine. White mushrooms or porcini were especially abundant. They are so deliciously fragrant that you can use them as a condiment! I have a few bags in the freezer, so it’s time to make my favourite potato porcini dumplings. These dumplings are traditional Ukrainian varenyky….
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Vegan pelmeni (Tatar seitan dumplings)
For quite a long time, it has been my idea to make vegan pelmeni that taste just like the real thing. Pelmeni are basically Tatar meat dumplings. The ingredients are pretty simple: mince, onion, salt and black pepper. Instead of meat, I used ground seitan and spiced it up just enough to make it toothsome…