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Dumplings dough: how to cook? Video
Modeling homemade dumplings is a rather troublesome business, but the result of the cooking will delight all participants in the meal. Many people associate this dish of Ukrainian cuisine with a cozy home table, a narrow family circle and beloved guests. Dumplings do not become boring, and you can cook them at least every day, just changing the filling. There are different dough recipes that will help even an inexperienced housewife prepare a real culinary delight.
Soft dough for dumplings
To learn how to properly prepare a good dough, today a novice cook needs to watch videos on YouTube or browse numerous sites with various recipes. Inexperienced housewives are advised to master Ukrainian cuisine by kneading soft dough. It turns out to be extremely elastic, so you don’t risk too much that your first dumplings will burst when boiled.
Be sure to sift premium wheat flour through a fine sieve onto a cutting board to cleanse the product from possible contamination and make the dough more fluffy.
Prepare all the necessary products in advance: – a large chicken egg (1 pc.); – wheat flour (3 cups); – table salt (1 teaspoon); – warm boiled water (⅔ glass).
Break a raw egg into the middle of a pile of flour, add table salt and carefully pour in the water. Knead a rather steep dough, then cover it with cling film and hold for half an hour. This is necessary so that the flour is evenly saturated with moisture. After resting, knead the dough again until it becomes smooth and elastic.
Choux pastry has good plasticity, while it does not contain eggs and can be used in fasting. If cooked correctly, it will not stick to your hands and cutting board – this is a real economy of flour for dusting. For a choux pastry recipe, you will need the following products:
– water (250 ml); – table salt (0,5 teaspoon); – premium wheat flour (2 glasses); – refined sunflower oil (2 tablespoons).
Boil water, then pour vegetable oil into it and salt. While stirring constantly, add 1 cup of flour and stir until smooth using the special mixer attachments. Use the rest of the flour gradually. The finished dough will look like soft plasticine, and when cooking, the products from it will perfectly retain their shape. Hold the dough for half an hour in a plastic bag, after which you can start sculpting the dumplings.
Colored dumplings: dough with carrot juice
Little chef’s secrets will allow you to create a non-trivial delicacy that will surprise and delight both home and guests. It is enough to add a little carrot juice to the dough for dumplings – and it acquired a beautiful, elegant color. Dumplings painted in this way will especially appeal to children. Take for a test:
– 20% sour cream (1 cup); – freshly squeezed carrot juice (150 g); – water (2 tablespoons); – chicken eggs (2 pcs.); – flour (about 2 cups); – salt (1 pinch ).
In a glass bowl, beat salted eggs with a mixer, add sour cream, water and carrot juice. Stirring the mixture constantly, gradually add flour to it and place the finished dough under plastic wrap for 30-40 minutes. “Carrot” dumplings are easy to mold and do not boil over.