Ukrainian cuisine is impossible to imagine without dumplings. Dumplings, the recipe for which may vary depending on the filling, have long been a favorite dish on the table not only for Ukrainians. Ukrainians prefer mostly dumplings with sweet fillings. In Italy, dough products with various fillings are called “ravioli”, in Uzbekistan - “manti”, in Russia they love, of course, dough with meat filling - “dumplings”.
Dumplings can be cooked with any filling. It can be fruits, berries, mushrooms, vegetables, cottage cheese and much more. How to cook dumplings? Very simple! Usual fresh dough is taken , any filling is placed in it, dumplings are boiled in slightly salted water and served hot to the table with sour cream, butter, and various sauces. Wheat flour is used for dumplings, of the highest grade, and the dough is kneaded in several ways - without butter (lean) on kefir or yeast. By the way, yeast dumplings can even be baked in the oven. For lazy people who love this dish, there is a wonderful recipe for lazy dumplings. How to cook "lazy" dumplings? Probably even a child will be able to. The dough is immediately mixed with cottage cheese and peculiar dumplings are made, which are also boiled in salt water and served with sugar and sour cream - an excellent dish for breakfast.
Dumplings are impossible not to love, everyone will find for themselves a recipe for their favorite dumplings. Dumplings with sweet fillings from wild berries, cherries, apricots, cottage cheese, cheese; salted dumplings - with cabbage, potatoes, mushrooms, buckwheat and even bacon and herring! This dish is also good because it can be prepared for future use by freezing frozen items in the freezer. The most popular dish is, of course, dumplings with cottage cheese. They are served in the best restaurants in Ukraine, they are loved for their gentle combination of sweet cottage cheese and thin pastry.
How to cook dumplings with cottage cheese?
For the preparation of dumplings with cottage cheese (60-70 pieces), you will need the following products:
- for the test - ½ kg of flour, one egg, one teaspoon of salt, a glass of water;
- for the filling - 700 grams of cottage cheese, 150 grams of sugar, one teaspoon of salt, two eggs, 150 grams of sour cream, 100 grams of raisins and 50 grams of butter.
First, of course, prepare the dough. We knock down the flour with water, salt and egg with a mixer. Then, adding flour, manually knead the steep dough. We form a ball, cover it with a cup and leave it to rest for half an hour. While there is time, prepare the filling. Put cottage cheese in a bowl, add eggs, salt, sugar, raisins and sour cream, mix evenly and very carefully.
We proceed directly to the modeling of dumplings. We roll out the dough with a thin layer (no more than 1 mm thick), using a glass we make circles with a diameter of 8-10 cm, put a filling on the circles with a teaspoon and pinch the edges. You can do this with a fork. We put ready dumplings on a wooden kitchen board sprinkled with flour so as not to stick. We boil water (about 3 liters), add salt well (3 tsp) and throw the dumplings there in portions so that they are not cramped. Stir them with a slotted spoon so that the dumplings do not stick to each other and to the bottom of the pan. As soon as they come up, they are ready. Carefully, so as not to damage, we take them out to a dish, add ghee. Serve the dumplings hot with sour cream or berry syrup.
How to cook "lazy" dumplings?
“Lazy” dumplings will be a wonderful breakfast or even dessert, and their preparation will not require special skills and a lot of time. To make dumplings, you will need: a glass of flour, a pound of cottage cheese, two eggs, sugar to taste, about 70 g of butter and sour cream. Cottage cheese needs to be rid of large lumps. To do this, it is better to wipe it through a sieve, add eggs, melted butter and sugar, a pinch of salt. Stir well and add flour. Roll thin “sausages” with a diameter of not more than 3 cm, cut into equal pieces, squeeze slightly, giving the shape of a dummy, and throw into boiling salted water. As soon as the curd dumplings pop up, get them with a slotted spoon and pour oil. They can also be baked in the oven under a sour cream filling.
You can choose any method of cooking dumplings, choose your favorite filling: sweet or salty, but in any case this dish turns out to be very tasty and homemade. Enjoy your meal!