The most favorite and widespread are dumplings with potatoes and dumplings with cottage cheese. Making dumplings is a long process, so you can sometimes cheat and make lazy dumplings.
Ingredients:
- Egg - 2 pcs;
- Water - 1 glass;
- Flour - 10-15 tablespoons;
- Sugar - 2 tablespoons;
- Cottage cheese - 500 g;
- Salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Pour sugar into the curd and grind with a wooden spatula, salt to taste and break the eggs. Stir the mixture well. Then add warm water to the curd mixture and add flour. Knead the dough and knead with your hands so that it does not stick to your hands.
- If there is not enough flour, slowly add 2-3 tablespoons until the dough acquires the desired state. Set the dough aside to rest for about fifteen minutes. Then cut off small pieces from the dough and roll out a sausage with a diameter of about 2-2.5 centimeters. Cut pieces of 1, 5 centimeters from the sausage. Roll in flour, press down a piece with your thumb on the cut line, forming a kind of dumpling.
- Fill the saucepan with water, salt and put on fire. Bring the water to a boil. Throw the curd dumplings into a saucepan with boiling water, mix and close the lid. After the dumplings rise to the surface, open the lid and switch the stove to medium heat. Cook the dumplings until tender at medium stove temperature.
- Use a slotted spoon to catch the ready-made dumplings, arrange on plates and pour over with melted butter. For those with a sweet tooth, you can sprinkle the dish with powdered sugar, pour over with cherry syrup or other berry jam. Top with fresh berries. Alternatively, such dumplings can be served with sour cream.
