Remember, before, when we were young, often an incredibly tasty, amazing aroma was ringing around the house, inviting everyone to dinner. Curd balls often visited our tables, and we quickly ran to the kitchen to taste this delicacy. Let's go back to childhood and recall the recipe “Gingerbread Man” prepared from home-made cottage cheese. We will make this dish and please them with home and, of course, ourselves.
general information
The dough for such balls is prepared from flour, cottage cheese, sugar and eggs. If you select high-quality products, it will turn out to be supple and soft. So that the curd mass in the process of forming balls does not stick to your hands, you can lubricate them with oil (a small amount). Remember the recipe “Gingerbread Man"? What needs to be done so that the curd handsome men do not crack outside and bake well?
For this purpose, it is recommended that you use a thick pan or deep fryer for frying. To prevent pastries from becoming covered with a burnt crust, do not make a big fire. Fry balls until golden brown, in pieces. After cooking, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve on the table with your favorite jam.
For you: the recipe “Curd Koloboks”
You will need: 0.5 kg of cottage cheese, four tablespoons of flour, one egg, half a teaspoon of soda, two tablespoons of sugar, for frying - vegetable oil. Now the cooking itself. Wipe the cottage cheese through a sieve, add sugar, eggs to it and mix.
Pour flour, add soda and knead the dough with your hands. We form from it koloboks with a diameter of about 3-4 centimeters. Over high heat, in a bucket, heat the vegetable oil, then reduce to medium heat and spread our billets. Quantity - as much as fits in the bucket. The balls themselves will turn over in oil, no need to intervene in this process. When they reach a golden color, we take it out and send it on a paper towel. After all the koloboks have been fried, and they have got rid of the excess oil, we put them on a dish. The task is completed - the recipe “Gingerbread Man” is restored. You can eat soft and airy curd balls both hot and cold - in any case they will be great.
Cooking "White Sea Koloboks"
In different regions of the country there are also a variety of cooking options for your favorite dish. In northern cuisine, it is without cottage cheese, but baked in the oven.
The following ingredients are needed: 0.6 kg of wheat flour, 0.3 kg each of sour cream and margarine, a quarter of a teaspoon of salt and one tablespoon of vegetable oil. Now we will prepare “White Sea Koloboks”, the recipe of which is very simple. From wheat flour, sour cream, margarine, soda and salt, knead the dough. We knead it well and form balls with a diameter of 2-3 cm. Lubricate the baking sheet with vegetable oil, put the buns on it and send it for 45 minutes to the oven, the temperature in which should be 180 degrees. Done.
Deep-Fried Curd Balls
Since cottage cheese must be present in the diet of each person, there are many ways to prepare dishes from it. Often, cottage cheese balls are deep-fried. This dish is the prototype of “Bursaks” - Turkic food.
Necessary ingredients: 0.25 kg of cottage cheese, one chicken egg, a pinch of salt, sugar - four tablespoons, slaked soda - a quarter of a teaspoon. Mastering a new recipe - "Gingerbread man in deep fat." We mix all the above components, add one glass of sifted flour to them and knead the dough. It must necessarily turn out soft so that the balls roll easily. In this case, they are well baked. We form small balls with a diameter of up to two centimeters, roll them, if desired, in semolina and fry in the deep fat fryer for about seven minutes, until a beautiful golden crust is formed. It is necessary to fry in small portions, as they significantly increase in volume. We spread, to get rid of excess fat, on a napkin. We had a wonderful dessert, including for children. If you add greens and reduce the amount of sugar, you get an excellent snack.
Curd balls with garlic
And now we’ll prepare “Homemade Koloboks” (a recipe with garlic). Let's make a real tasty snack, which will go perfectly with any drinks. For it we will need: rustic cottage cheese - one kilogram, butter - 300 grams, fresh dill - 100 grams, garlic - eight cloves, turmeric - one tablespoon, one medium-sized beet and taste - salt. Cooking appetizer.
To eliminate graininess, grind the cottage cheese through a strainer, as a result of which the dish will melt in the mouth. At room temperature, soften the butter, salt it and add to the curd. Through the garlic press we pass the garlic and carefully stir it with the curd mass. We wash and finely chop the dill. You can also use parsley, basil or cilantro, chopping them finely. We clean the beets, rub finely, squeeze the juice through cheesecloth. Divide the curd into three parts. In one we put turmeric, in the second - greens, in the third - beet juice. Stir all the parts. Roll up colorful balls. We periodically wet our hands with cold water so that the mass does not stick to them. Ready koloboks are placed on a flat dish and sent for four hours in the refrigerator - for solidification. Enjoy your meal!