Dumplings - a dish that has no equal in number and variety of fillings!
They are sweet and salty, with vegetables, berries, fruits.
Sometimes they add lard, meat and even sausages.
They can be served for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
But how much and how to cook dumplings with different fillings?
How to cook dumplings - general principles of preparation
It is important to boil the products, but so that they do not scatter and retain their shape. Very often, housewives observe in a pan a mash of pieces of dough and floating toppings. Why it happens? You can sin on a poor-quality connection of the edges. But in fact, the reasons are most often different.
Five basic rules for cooking dumplings:
1. Dumplings are always cooked in large quantities of liquid. They should swim freely, then they will not stick together and do not stick to the bottom of the pan.
2. Bring the dumplings to a boil at maximum heat so that they do not have time to turn sour.
3. But you need to cook the products at a moderate boil. You can’t reduce the fire to a minimum and let the dish ferment, become sour in the broth.
4. Water for boiling dumplings is always salted, even if they are with a sweet filling, for example, with berries.
5. Ready-made dumplings are always oiled. You can not lubricate only products with berries or fruit fillings. But in this case, they are laid out in one layer and sprinkled with granulated sugar.
You also need to know that frozen dumplings do not need to be defrosted before cooking. They are immediately thrown into boiling water and there they leave. Products from the freezer are cooked for 2-3 minutes longer than freshly cooked. It is very important not to spare water so that they boil as quickly as possible and do not stick together, since the dough becomes more sticky after thawing.
How to cook dumplings with potatoes (mashed potatoes)
Dumplings with mashed potatoes - one of the most delicious dishes that you can please the family. They are prepared easily, require the most primitive products. But how and how much to cook dumplings with potatoes?
Ingredients
• 200 ml of water;
• about 600 g of flour;
• 1 egg;
• salt;
• 800 grams of potatoes;
• 2 onions;
• 50 ml of oil.
Cooking
1. Shake the egg with water, salt and add the flour. We make a cool lump of dough, you need to knead carefully. Then we put it in a bag and let it lie down.
2. From peeled potatoes we prepare ordinary mashed potatoes of medium consistency.
3. Cut the peeled onion heads into cubes, send in mashed potatoes, stir. Add the spices.
4. We get out the dough. Divide into two lumps. Each one is rolled out into a layer, cut out circles with a glass, put the filling and form dumplings. But you can blind them in any other way, for example, as in the recipe below.
5. We put a pot of water on the stove, the liquid should be about 2/3 of the volume and for every 250 grams of dumplings at least a liter.
6. Let the water boil, salt and lower our products. Cook for 2 minutes after boiling. We take out a slotted spoon, grease with oil, you can add the fried onions.
How to cook dumplings with raw potatoes
Raw potato dumplings are more moody than mashed potatoes. But for many they are much tastier. So how are such dumplings made with potatoes made and how long are they cooked?
Ingredients
• 2.5 cups flour;
• a glass of water or milk;
• 1 egg;
• spices;
• 5 potatoes;
• 1 onion;
• 100 grams of raw or salted fat;
• flour.
Cooking
1. In a glass of liquid we dilute a pinch of salt, break an egg there, add flour and knead an elastic, cool dough. We give half an hour to lie down.
2. Peel the vegetables for the filling. Cut potatoes with onions into small cubes.
3. Grind fat and add to vegetables. To make it easier to cut, you can slightly freeze. But you can simply scroll through the blender.
4. Minced meat, pepper. You can put greens in it.
5. We take out the dough. Cut in half, and then again in half lengthwise. Roll each sausage into an even flagellum. Cut across the washers 1-1.5 centimeters. Then we dip each little thing in flour and roll out a cake from it. We make dumplings.
6. Dip the product in boiling and salted water, cook for 10-12 minutes after boiling.
7. Remove from the pan, grease with oil.
How to cook dumplings with cottage cheese
Dumplings with cottage cheese are different. In some families, they prepare salted filling, in other houses they like sweet more. Often in the curd add greens, garlic or raisins, vanilla, berries. We use any dough, you can knead it according to one of the recipes above. But how to make and cook dumplings with cottage cheese?
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of dough;
• 0.3 kg of cottage cheese;
• 1 egg;
• salt.
For sweet fillings, add sugar, vanilla instead of salt, you can have a little raisins.
Cooking
1. To make the filling tender, the cottage cheese needs to be ground. If it is not dry, then you can just knead it well with a fork.
2. Add the raw egg and salt. Or an egg and granulated sugar. You can put some greens in the salty filling.
3. We take out the dough, roll out flat cakes, form dumplings.
4. We put a pot of water on the stove, salt and let it boil.
5. Lower the cooked products, make the maximum fire and let it boil. Then we reduce the fire, but not to a minimum. Boiling should be.
6. How many dumplings are cooked with cottage cheese? It is believed that they are ready after surfacing, that is, complete boiling. But it’s better to boil them for half a minute.
How to cook dumplings with cabbage
Cabbage dumplings are less popular than potatoes. But they are no less tasty. You can use fresh cabbage or sauerkraut. Let's cook them from an unusual dough on sour cream. How to cook such dumplings and how much time?
Ingredients
• 0.5 cups of water;
• 3 tablespoons sour cream;
• salt and a pinch of soda;
• flour.
For filling:
• a pound of cabbage;
• butter;
• bow;
• a little tomato;
• spices.
Cooking
1. Combine sour cream with a pinch of soda, add salt and water. Pour the flour, mix thoroughly and make a cool kolobok of dough.
2. Cut the onion, fry until transparent in a pan with oil. Add the shredded cabbage, fry together, add salt at the end and add a spoonful of tomato for taste. Cool the filling.
3. We take out our dough and form ordinary medium-sized dumplings.
4. Boil water, do not forget to salt.
5. Launch dumplings, give them a good boil and you're done! We take out, grease with oil and can be put on the table.
How to cook dumplings with cherries
Cherry is a favorite and most popular filling in dumplings. Well, what a summer can be without this wonderful dish! How and how much to cook dumplings with cherries?
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of fresh dough;
• 0.5 kg of cherries;
• sugar;
• sour cream;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Remove the seeds from the cherries, the berries can immediately be stacked in a colander on a cup, let the excess juice drain.
2. We get the dough prepared according to any recipe. Roll cakes. Dumplings with berries are cooked a little larger than with other fillings. About a third.
3. Put in each dumpling berries, approximately 4-6 pieces, sprinkle sugar on top and connect the edges. Put sugar to your taste and taking into account the acid of cherries.
4. We put a pot of water on the stove, a little salt and bring to a boil.
5. Launch dumplings. With berries, cook in small batches as they are cooked. It is not necessary for the molded products to stand on the table, since under the influence of sugar, the active release of juices begins.
6. How many boiled dumplings with cherries? Many just let them come up and consider them ready. But it’s better to boil longer. Let the dumplings boil well, boil for two minutes and immediately pull them out.
7. Lay the dumplings in one layer on a tray or flat dish and sprinkle with sugar on top. Served with sour cream, you can use cream, condensed milk. Or make a sauce by adding cherry juice to it.
How to steam dumplings
Steaming dumplings is a great way to keep them in shape. The taste of such products is also different. They are more saturated, since nothing goes into the water. For cooking, you can use a double boiler, a pressure cooker, a colander, some housewives just pull gauze on a pan or put a sieve.
Ingredients
• vareniki;
• salt;
• butter.
Cooking
1. Lubricate the pallets with oil.
2. Pour water into the container. It needs to be salted so that vaping is more active. We set to cook.
3. We lay dumplings on pallets so that they do not touch each other. They also need to ensure normal steam circulation.
4. How much to cook dumplings? If they are with a berry, then 4-5 minutes are enough. Dumplings with boiled toppings and cottage cheese are cooked for the same amount of time. But for dumplings with raw potatoes it will take about 15 minutes.
5. We get the dumplings, grease with oil and you're done!
Useful tips and tricks when cooking dumplings
• Dumplings with savory filling will be tastier if you add a little butter or ghee to the water. The following spices are also welcomed: peppercorns, bay leaf, greens. You can add other seasonings, but it is very important that the filling is combined with them.
• Unfinished dumplings left? Just put them in the refrigerator. Products with savory filling can be fried in a pan with butter. Sweet dumplings are delicious and cold. If dumplings with potatoes, then you can cook wonderful dishes in the oven, adding mushrooms, vegetables, cheese and various sauces.
• Dumplings can be frozen not only raw, but also boiled. In any case, you need to identify products while they are fresh, and not when the dumplings have been lying warm for several hours.
• Often you can find recipes for cooking dumplings in a slow cooker. But in fact, this process is so simple and fast that it makes no sense to download an assistant. Save her strength for other dishes that really need attention.
