Despite the prevailing opinion that real dumplings are possible only with minced meat filling in different proportions, among Russian old recipes there are fish dumplings, dumplings with mushrooms and onions, with turnips and sauerkraut. And what other nations did not invent dumplings! Why not expand your culinary horizons and try wontons with chicken, har go prawns or ravioli with pumpkin?
Pick your recipe
You will need
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- Classic dumpling stuffing
- 450 g ground beef;
- 350 g minced lamb:
- 200 g fatty minced pork;
- 1 large onion;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- salt
- pepper.
- Minced sauerkraut
- 500 g sauerkraut;
- 200 g of lard;
- 1 large onion.
- Minced cod fish
- 500 g cod fillet
- without skin and bones;
- 2 large chicken eggs;
- 2 tablespoons of corn starch;
- 1 cup of fat cream;
- salt
- pepper.
- Minced meat for Chinese dumplings with pork
- 500 g of minced pork;
- 12 tablespoons of sesame oil;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 4 teaspoons of sugar;
- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper;
- 250 g of Chinese cabbage;
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green chives.
- Har Shrimp minced meat
- 300 g peeled raw shrimp;
- 3 tablespoons of finely chopped bamboo shoots (canned)
- 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped green onions;
- 3/4 teaspoon of Chinese rice wine or sherry;
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil;
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt;
- a pinch of white ground pepper;
- 1 egg white
- 2 teaspoons of corn starch.
- Minced pumpkin and cheese for ravioli
- pumpkin weighing about 1 kg;
- olive oil;
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme;
- 1 onion;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- 2 carrots;
- 1 cup ricotta;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 1/2 cup grated pecorino cheese romance;
- 1 pinch of nutmeg.
Instruction manual
1
Classic dumplings minced meat Mix beef, mutton and fatty pork minced meat. Add to it salt, pepper, grated onions and minced garlic. Pass the minced meat a second time through a meat grinder and knead well. If you come across lean pork mince, put a little diced bacon into it.
2
If you want to get minced meat close to that obtained according to old recipes, it is important not only to collect several types of meat, but also chop it with a few sharpened knives. Indeed, in ancient times there were no meat grinders, of course.
3
Minced sauerkraut From sauerkraut, squeeze the juice, pass it through a meat grinder. Dice the lard and also pass through the meat grinder. Grate the onion on a fine grater. Combine cabbage, lard and onions.
4
If you have a special trough and a chop, then squeezed cabbage, chopped lard and onions should be chopped with a chop, rather than passing through a meat grinder. So the minced meat will have a more distinct consistency.
5
Minced cod fish mince Cod fillet twice through a meat grinder. The resulting stuffing should be flat and smooth. Break eggs into a bowl, add salt, pepper, starch and beat with a whisk. Put the minced meat there and mix well. Whip cream until hard peaks. Gently stir up and down with a spoon, mix whipped cream and minced fish.
6
Minced meat for Chinese dumplings with pork. Cut and finely chop Chinese cabbage, add salt and pepper. Allow chopped cabbage to stand for 15-20 minutes, then wrap in gauze and squeeze the juice. Add minced pork, sesame oil, sugar and green onions to squeezed cabbage. Stir thoroughly.
7
Shrimp minced meat for Har GouMelko chop the shrimp, beat the protein and pour into a bowl of chopped shrimp, add all the other ingredients, mix. Cover and put the container in the refrigerator for 1 hour. This is done so that the products can soak in each other's tastes. After an hour, you can start cooking har go.
8
Minced pumpkin and cheese for ravioli Cut the pumpkin, grease with olive oil, sprinkle with thyme, wrap in foil and bake in the oven at a temperature of 200 ° C for about 15-20 minutes. Free the finished pumpkin from the peel and put in the bowl of the food processor, add salt, pepper, nutmeg. Puree the pumpkin.
9
Grate the carrots on a fine grater, chop the onion. Fry the carrots and onions, put them on the pumpkin, add ricotta curd cheese, beaten egg and grated pecorino cheese romantically. Mix.