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Potato, cheese and dill filling inside a Pyrizhke

Instant Pot farm cheese and potato filling for varenyky or pyzirhky

A fresh filling for varenyky, pyrohe, pyrizhky or whatever dumpling you like.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Filling, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Ukrainian-Canadian

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds Russet or Idaho potatoes
  • 1 pound dry curd cottage cheese
  • 1 cup cooked chopped onions (optional)
  • 1 cup fresh dill chopped
  • 3 green onions finely chopped

Instructions
 

  • Poke holes in the potatoes with a fork and place the potatoes on the steamer rack insert in the Instant Pot. Add 2 cups of water.
  • Set the Instant Pot for 12 minutes on Manual at High Pressure.
  • Remove the potato skins and squeeze hot potato pieces through a potato ricer.
  • Combine the potatoes with dry curd cottage cheese, chopped dill and green onions. If you have cooked onions available, add them for extra flavour.