Dumplings with cheese

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make dumplings with cheese? Prepare the necessary products for the preparation of the dough. Take wheat flour of the highest grade. Vegetable oil is better suited without smell.

2. Step 2:

   

   Sift 2.5 cups of flour into a wide, spacious bowl with high sides. Why this one? It will be convenient to knead the dough in it. In addition, flour will not fall on the table when sifting.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add salt to the sifted flour, mix.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour in the vegetable oil to make the dough more elastic. Stir lightly.

5. Step 5:

   

   Boil the water. Carefully, so as not to burn yourself, pour boiling water into the flour.

6. Step 6:

   

   Stir quickly with a spoon. Leave the dough on the table to cool.

7. Step 7:

   

   When the dough is warm, add an egg to the dough. Stir first with a spoon.

8. Step 8:

   

   Then start kneading with your hands, adding the remaining flour if necessary.

9. Step 9:

   

   The dough will still be very soft and sticky. Put the dough on the table, sprinkled with flour, and continue to knead. Sprinkle the table with flour as needed. Please note that more flour may be required.

10. Step 10:

    

    Knead the dough until smooth and smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and leave to "rest" for 30 minutes. During this time, the gluten in the flour will disperse, and the dough will become pliable and elastic.

11. Step 11:

    

    While the dough is "resting", make the filling. For her, take a soft cheese like Adyghe, suluguni. It is better if the cheese is not too salty. I used parsley as greens, dill or green onions are also suitable.

12. Step 12:

    

    Grate the cheese or mash it with a fork.

14. Step 13:

    

    Wash the greens, dry them, chop them finely.

15. Step 14:

    

    Add the yolk and chopped greens to the cheese.

16. Step 15:

    

    Mix everything well. The filling is ready.

17. Step 16:

    

    Divide the rested dough into 2 parts. Wrap one back in the film so that it does not dry out. Roll out the other into a layer on a table sprinkled with flour. The dough is very soft, easy to roll out.

18. Step 17:

    

    With a round notch of the desired diameter, cut out the dumplings from the dough. You can cut the dough in a different way. Divide it into parts, roll out each part into a sausage, which is cut into pieces. Then roll out each piece into a circle.

19. Step 18:

    

    Put the filling on a circle of dough.

20. Step 19:

    

    Connect the edges of the dumpling and pinch well.

21. Step 20:

    

    You can make a curly pinch to make the dumplings look more beautiful. In addition, it will additionally fasten the edges of the dough.

22. Step 21:

    

    Spread the dumplings made on the surface dusted with flour.

23. Step 22:

    

    How to cook dumplings? In a suitable volume saucepan, boil water. There should be enough water so that the dumplings float freely during cooking, without sticking together. Add salt to the water, lower the dumplings, mix. On high heat, wait for boiling. During this time, you should also mix the dumplings so that they do not stick to the bottom of the pan.

24. Step 23:

    

    Cook dumplings at a moderate boil. The cooking time depends on their size, on average 10-12 minutes from the moment of boiling. Remove the finished dumplings with a slotted spoon onto a plate.

25. Step 24:

    

    Serve dumplings with butter or sour cream. Bon appetit!