Dumplings are dough products popular with many peoples in Europe and Asia. In different cultures, similar products and dishes from them are known under original names (dumplings, dumplings, salma, gnocchi, etc.). The main components of the test for dumplings - flour and eggs, are possible and options without eggs. Depending on the formulation, some other products (milk, mashed potatoes , chopped greens, vegetable puree, fish, mushroom or minced meat, dry ground spices) are added to the dumpling. Usually dumplings are cooked in soup or cooked and served as a separate second course (in this case, most often with sauce), and they can also be steamed. Sometimes dumplings are a component of complex compound desserts.
How to make dumplings for soup?
Ingredients:
- wheat flour (can be mixed with barley, oatmeal) - 1-1.5 cups;
- water, kefir or milk - 1/2 cup;
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- salt - 1 pinch.
Preparation
Mix the sifted flour, egg, water or milk, add 1 pinch of salt (you can add a little dry ground spices). We carefully knead the dough, roll out the thin sausages, from which we cut dumplings with a knife.
Cook in soup or in a separate saucepan for no more than 15 minutes. If cooking soup, lay the dumplings for 10-12 minutes until cooked.
Potato dumplings - recipe
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 5 pieces.
- wheat flour - half a cup.
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- cream - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- seed of cumin and fennel;
- salt - 1 pinch.
Preparation
We peel the cleaned potatoes until they are ready, suppress with a crush, cream, salt and stir. In the resulting mashed potatoes we add the seeds of cumin and fennel, egg and sifted flour. Stir thoroughly and form from this potato dumpling test (roll balls, as well as meatballs). Cook the dumplings for 10 minutes, gently remove the noise. Served as a separate dish with sauce, for example, creamy garlic or mushroom sauce - it will be very tasty. You can serve potato dumplings with finely chopped onions, lightly fried in melted butter. Do not interfere and a cup of hot broth, as well as fresh greens and pickles. Under such a wonderful dish it is good to serve a glass of stalk or kymmel (cumin strong tincture).
Dumplings with meat - recipe
Ingredients:
- minced meat - 300 g;
- wheat flour - 1-1.5 cups;
- water, milk - 0.5 cup;
- Chicken egg - 1-2 pcs .;
- chopped herbs (parsley, dill, coriander);
- salt - 1 pinch.
Preparation
Mix the minced meat with sifted flour and eggs, add a little milk or water, a pinch of salt, chopped greens and some dry spices. We mix and form round balls (as in the production of meatballs or meatballs). Cook the meat dumplings in the soup or separately for about 10 minutes. As a separate dish served with sauces, for example, tomato-garlic.
Cheese dumplings for soup - recipe
Ingredients:
- grated cheese - 300 g;
- wheat flour - 1 cup;
- milk or kefir - 0,5 glasses;
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- sesame seed - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- Grated nutmeg - 1 pinch.
Preparation
Grated cheese is mixed with sifted flour, milk and egg. Add sesame and nutmeg. We mix the dough and form the dumplings. Cook in soup or in a separate saucepan for 8 minutes. Cooked and served separately cheese dumplings are a good option for breakfast or lunch. Serve this dish with cream sauce, broth or tea, in a dessert version - with fruit syrups or jam.
In lean days or with a diet, you can prepare dumplings without eggs, following any of the above recipes, adjust the consistency of the dough by changing the amount of flour and milk (or water).