.JPG) Strawberry varenye | |
| Course | Dessert |
|---|---|
| Region or state | Eastern Europe, Baltic region |
| Main ingredients | berries or other fruits, sugar |
Varenye (Russian: варенье [vɐˈrʲenʲɪ̯ə] , Belarusian: варэнне/варэньне/сочыва, Ukrainian: варення [ʋɐˈrɛnʲːɐ] ) is a popular whole-fruit preserve, widespread in Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), as well as the Baltic region (Lithuanian: uogienė [uə̯ˈɡʲiə̯nʲeː], Latvian: ievārījums, Estonian: moos). It is made by cooking berries, other fruits, or more rarely nuts, vegetables, or flowers, in sugar syrup.[1][2][3] In some traditional recipes, other sweeteners such as honey or treacle are used instead of or in addition to sugar.[1][2]
Varenye is similar to jam except the fruits are not macerated, and no gelling agent is added. It is characterized by a thick but transparent syrup having the natural colour of the fruits.
- ^ a b Варенье, Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона, СПб., 1890–1907 (Varenye in Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, St. Petersburg, 1890–1907)
- ^ a b В. В. Похлёбкин, Кулинарный словарь от А до Я, статья Варенье, изд. Центрполиграф, 2000, ISBN 5-227-00460-9 (William Pokhlyobkin, Culinary Dictionary, Centrpoligraf publishing house, 2000)
- ^ Russian cuisine: Preserve the summer with fruity varenye by Irakli Iosebashvili, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 2009