What You Need to Know
Varenye is a popular whole-fruit preserve, widespread in Eastern Europe, as well as the Baltic region. It is made by cooking berries, other fruits, or more rarely nuts, vegetables, or flowers, in sugar syrup. In some traditional recipes, other sweeteners such as honey or treacle are used instead of or in addition to sugar.
Steps
- 1.
Kievsky Cake (Ukraine): Varenye used as interlayer filling and glaze
- 2.
Sękacz (Lithuania/Poland): Berry varenye incorporated into batter
- 3.
Medovik (Russia): Layered with honey-flavored varenye
The Science
Primary Reaction
Maillard Reaction