Ostankino dumplings - a dish known, probably, to every Russian. These balls, made from dough, filled with minced meat, many love since childhood. Of course, the most delicious dumplings - made at home by mom or grandmother. Although in stores and restaurant menus you can also find some good options. But, mind you, quite expensive. There is something cheaper for the average buyer.
Ostankino dumplings - a budget product
So, more details. Ostankino dumplings - an inexpensive dish. In the middle-income strata of the Russian population, it is in considerable demand. The composition of the product includes: beef, pork, premium flour, salt, onion, vegetable protein, egg powder, flour improver and various spices. The cost of goods is not great at all. Only about 50 rubles per pound. However, there are some problems. It causes great controversy, for example, vegetable protein. Keep this in mind. In addition, improvers are used only in cases where flour with high ash content, low gluten content and a tendency to darken is used. Category "B", indicated on the package, is far from the best example of meat semi-finished products.
As for nutritional value, 100 grams of ravioli contains 33 grams of carbohydrates, 11 grams of fat, 8 grams of protein. The energy value of the product is 267 kilocalories.
Cooking
Ostankino dumplings are recommended to be cooked in slightly salted water from 3 to 6 minutes after surfacing on a small fire. You can fill the dish with sour cream, butter or vinegar. However, you can cook them for 2-3 minutes longer. Some people prefer to use mayonnaise as a dressing. Some do not run at all.
The dumplings taste pretty good. Not everyone likes just the composition. The quality of the ingredients is poor. Although it can’t be called absolutely bad.
Dumplings are sold in bags and cardboard packaging. The last option is in great demand. Such packs look more interesting. So to speak, in a Soviet way. A kind of nostalgia for those born in the USSR.
In general, if you are not too picky, and there are small problems with money, try the Ostankino dumplings. Let it be "severe", but quite tasty.
One of the oldest enterprises
Ostankino dumplings are made by the most famous meat processing factory in Russia. They were planning to build the plant before the start of the war. However, because of the devastation, the first production was released by him only in 1954. Dumplings went into production immediately, along with sausage and sausages.
In Soviet times, the plant was able to successfully cope with the planned tasks. He was even awarded the challenge Red Banner of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. The company is still proud of this achievement.
But a new era for the factory began in 1993. She was transformed into OJSC "Ostankino meat processing plant." At the same time, the company did not abandon the old famous brands. Dumplings continued to produce. The pack still remains an unpretentious red-white, “Soviet”, easily recognizable. Although the old version was also added with plastic packaging.
Cooked
Ostankino dumplings are in most cases positive. It is with great pleasure that both adults and children eat them. A jar of sour cream and a pack of dumplings - and you will have a wonderful dinner! They cook very quickly. However, dumplings are probably the most consumed semi-finished product in our country. It’s so convenient. Buy, put in the freezer and boil the right amount at the right time.
By the way, about the cooking method. As a rule, they simply pour water into the pan, put it on the fire, add spices and salt, and after boiling, dumplings are already lowered. They cook very shortly after surfacing. And then - for an amateur ... You can put dumplings in a deep plate with broth. You can catch them with a slotted spoon and eat without broth. And you can even fry in a pan.
Frozen
Ostankino dumplings in a box represent a pretty nice picture. Their name is indicated on the packaging (“Ostankino” - semi-finished product with meat filling in category “B” pastry. Frozen). The composition of the products is also indicated. And the expiration date - at a storage temperature of 18 degrees Celsius below zero, it is no more than 180 days.
Advantages and disadvantages
The traditional Ostankino dumplings, of course, like any product, have a lot of disadvantages and advantages. The pluses include: small size (but not tiny), a nice picture that clearly informs the consumer about how much beef and pork are here, the transparency of the package, which does not hide the goods. Dumplings during cooking do not stick and do not boil. The broth is very tasty and rich.
However, there are also disadvantages. Firstly, there is not a lot of meat inside each dumpling. Secondly, after prolonged storage in the refrigerator, the dough may change color.
Combine asserts rights
Ostankino dumplings in the box reviews, as you see, they can not always receive positive reviews. But pay attention, this is not always justified. Many manufacturers of dumplings make copies of a famous brand. In 2010, for example, Ostankino Meat Processing Plant OJSC filed a complaint with Schelkovsky MPK LLC, which introduced goods into the market that are too reminiscent of Ostankinsky dumplings. The press service of the Moscow Regional OFAS RF noted the red-white background used only by them. In addition, a similar figurative element depicting a spoon was noted. The graphic design of each package of dumplings produced by Schelkovo IPC can be associated with the buyer with a whole line of trademarks belonging to the enterprise.
As a result, a case was instituted for violation of the Law “On Protection of Competition” regarding the introduction of goods into circulation, in which the results of intellectual activity and equivalent means of individualization of each legal entity were used, services expressed in the sale of products using images on packaging similar to those whose copyright holder is the applicant.
Summary
And finally. Ostankino dumplings, the price of which is able to satisfy the average buyer (about 80 rubles per 0.5 kg), are a very popular product. Although in addition to positive reviews, they often receive negative ones. One of the above disadvantages is the presence in the dumplings of starch, used as a food additive. It is added to the minced meat to improve its consistency. And also for moisture retention. Without indicating the presence of starch on the packaging, the manufacturer deceives the consumer and violates the requirements of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union. All ingredients must be indicated on the label by law.
In addition, soy was also found in the composition. On the package, it is declared as "vegetable protein". Most likely, in order to somehow try to compensate for the unexpressed taste of plant materials, sodium glutamate was also added to these dumplings . Taste sensations, thanks to him, are enhanced by the sensitivity of the tongue receptors. Such products, according to many studies, seem more delicious to customers. And this, of course, contributes to their excessive consumption.