The pelmeni casserole turns out to be especially tasty if you use semi-finished products of your own production for its preparation. After all, a store product is not always of high quality. It is also worth noting that such a dish is prepared quite easily and quickly.
Delicious dumplings casserole (with photo and cooking recipe)
Required Dough Products:
- sifted wheat flour - from 1 kilogram (add to density);
- regular size chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
- table salt - 1/4 of a small spoon;
- drinking water - 1/2 cup.
Cooking the egg base
To make the pelmeni casserole delicious, and the semi-finished products do not fall apart during the heat treatment, thick dough should be very well kneaded. To do this, you need to break the chicken eggs, add salt, drinking water and wheat flour to them. Next, you need to make a cool base and put it in a plastic bag for 30-50 minutes.
Required Stuffing Products:
- fresh veal - 900 g;
- onions (small onions) - 2 pcs.;
- table salt - 2/3 of a small spoon;
- red pepper –1/2 small tablespoons.
Cooking Meat Filling
Dumplings casserole will turn out delicious and juicy from any kind of meat. We decided to purchase fresh veal with a small amount of fat. It must be washed, minced in a meat grinder with peeled onions, and then mix thoroughly with your hands, seasoning with salt and pepper.
Semi-finished products
To form dumplings, it is necessary to thinly roll out part of the finished base, and then cut it into circles using a round knife or glass (with a diameter of up to 4 centimeters). After that, in each piece of dough, you need to put on the 1st spoon of minced meat and pinch the edges strongly, giving the semi-finished product a semicircular shape. By analogy, all remaining products are also performed.
Required Refueling Products:
- regular size chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
- sour cream 20% - 180 g;
- tomato paste - 4 large spoons;
- hard cheese - 145 g.
Refueling process
Dumplings casserole requires the obligatory use of aromatic fill. As it will be strongly beaten eggs, as well as a mixture of 20% sour cream and tomato paste. To make the dinner more beautiful, you should also use grated hard cheese.
Dish formation
To create such a hearty and tasty dinner, you should take a deep form, grease its surface with butter, and then carefully place the independently made dumplings. On top of them you need to pour beaten eggs, and then put sour cream with tomato sauce and generously cover with grated cheese.
Heat treatment
Oven dumplings casserole is cooked for 35-43 minutes. During this time, semi-finished products will become soft and completely saturated with aromatic sauce. After turning off the oven, it is recommended to cool the dish a little, and then cut and arrange on serving plates.
How to serve to the table
Family members should be served hot dumplings casserole with fresh herbs and vegetables, as well as wheat bread.