Many of us like dumplings. Everyone will agree that dumplings with thin dough are the most delicious. And to make such a dough so that it rolls out thinly like a piece of paper, and does not tear, it is difficult to make according to the traditional recipe, but the choux pastry for dumplings is quite simple to prepare, it is softer and softer, and it rolls to the thickness of parchment paper until it is visible. . This dough is also called kundumny, but the word is poorly remembered, so you should not focus too much on this name.
Choux pastry for dumplings can also be used for dumplings, and for fried cakes with a variety of fillings. The following recipe does not include eggs, which is good for those who cannot eat eggs, it is very plastic, it sticks wonderfully, but it does not stick to the hands and surface, it does not require constant dusting with flour. It is suitable for those people who fast.
You will need:
- 250 ml of boiling water, half a teaspoon of salt, 50 g of vegetable oil, 400 g of flour.
- In boiling water, pour oil, add half the flour and salt.
- Stir with the help of a mixer with special nozzles for the dough.
- The dough is rather lumpy at first, however, very soon it becomes smooth and homogeneous.
- By adding flour gradually, it is necessary to knead a rather steep but soft dough.
- If the dough is too steep, then you can put it for 30 minutes in a bag, it will be more plastic.
- Choux pastry for dumplings looks like soft plasticine, it sticks wonderfully, it rolls out quite thinly, it doesn’t tear when stretched, it does not shrink when rolled.
- Dumplings are cooked from such a dough very quickly, keep their shape well.
You can make choux dough for dumplings according to the following recipe, which uses exclusively fresh milk.
You will need:
- 500 ml milk, salt, two eggs, flour.
- In a saucepan, mix milk with salt and eggs. Add flour gradually, so that the dough turns out liquid, like on pancakes.
- Put the saucepan on a small fire and warm the dough with continuous stirring. Gradually, the dough will begin to thicken and brew. At the same time, the dough may clump a little, but this is not at all scary.
- As soon as the dough thickens a little, the saucepan should be removed from the stove and knead an elastic dense dough, gradually adding flour. The finished dough needs to be covered with a plate and left for 30 minutes. Then you can sculpt our dumplings.
Methods and forms of cutting dumplings dough can be completely different. You can cut a layer of dough in the form of rhombuses, circles, squares. Choux pastry for dumplings allows you to make dumplings of absolutely any shape.
Chicken pastry chebureks are also very tasty.
For the test you will need:
- half a liter of water, 2 tablespoons of vodka, a spoonful of sunflower oil, a teaspoon of sugar and salt, 6 glasses of flour, 2 yolks.
For filling:
- 500 gr of minced meat, 5 onions, 300 ml of kefir or broth, 2 garlic cloves, pepper, salt, sunflower oil.
- Bring the water to a boil, pour it into a bowl, add oil, vodka, sugar, salt and flour to the water and quickly, so that we do not have lumps, mix.
- When the dough has cooled slightly, mix two yolks into it and knead thoroughly, for about 20 minutes, until the dough stops sticking to the surface and hands.
Then we cover the choux pastry with a towel and leave it for two hours.
Then we begin to sculpt chebureks.
To do this, we pluck off the pieces of dough and pull it out in our hands, then we make a flagellum with our hands, wrap it and twist it into a round dish to give the pasties more layer, then put the workpiece on a board sprinkled with flour and roll it out thinly, cut a circle of the right size, the dough circle follows grease with protein, spread the forcemeat in the middle of the circle and close the edges well, with the help of a fork we make a border, pressing the fork to the dough.
Chebureks need to be deep-fried or in a pan in a significant amount of oil.
Of course, these are not all custard products that can be prepared. Any housewife will be able to choose what she likes. Choux pastry is very easy to make.