From the basic “flour-water-salt” to “custard”, on kefir or boiled - each cook has its own special way. Often the main role is played by habit, since the method has already been tested many times in practice. But why not try at least one new, and even more simple recipe for a dumpling test?
Main principles
The classic dough is fresh, although you can sweeten it for sweet fillings. “Cool”, but at the same time plastic, thinly rolling, soft, but not too sticky, and it is convenient to sculpt from it. When frozen, it does not crack, and when cooked, it does not burst. It is difficult to disagree with the fact that this is the best dough for homemade dumplings!
On ice water, the dough is excellent. It does not dry for a long time (moisture lasts longer), it sticks well when sculpted. However, there are methods that involve the use of warm water, even warmer than room temperature (30-35 ° C). It all depends on personal preference.
A "sick" question for many cooks: how to make dumplings not cooked? And here, too, there are a few secrets.
- Ingredients. The dough of such ingredients - flour, water, salt and an egg - is kneaded in ice water and should not be too elastic. When cooking without an egg, it is better to take durum wheat flour. Any flour must be sieved well.
- The quality of the test. The dough will be malleable if you add a little vegetable oil to it. Elastic, not too sticky - this can be achieved by prolonged kneading (10-20 minutes) with a gradual pouring of flour. So that the dough does not “pull together” when you roll it, you need to give it enough “rest” - from half an hour to an hour or even a half, it depends on the characteristics of the recipe. And so that it does not wind, it needs to be wrapped in cling film or coated with vegetable oil.
- Rolling and filling. Roll out layers for "wet" (for example berry) fillings must be thicker - 3 mm. Why dumplings are often boiled - because of the berries inside, or rather, due to the fact that when heated, a liquid is released, which “holes” the shell. For “dry” fillings, a thickness of 1.5 mm is suitable. Do not put too much filler. The edges of the dumplings must be carefully pinched.
- Cooking. For cooking, pour a lot of water into the pan, while the products need to be laid in small portions. After laying it out, immediately gently shake the water in the pan with a slotted spoon.
Easy recipes on the water
Wondering how to make perfect and quick dough? You may like these methods: it simply does not happen easier and faster. We give three recipes with water of different temperatures! All recipes are made quickly. Below is a step by step recipe.
Option 1
Only three ingredients and no eggs.
You will need:
- flour - 350 grams;
- ice water - 220 milliliters;
- salt to taste.
Cooking
- Pour water into a deep convenient bowl, salt, carefully sift the flour.
- Stir the dough with a spoon.
- Put the mass on a board dusted with flour, knead with your hands (7 minutes - minimum).
- Cover the bowl with a towel or wrap in cling film, let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Option 2
And this too is the easiest dough. It differs from the previous one only in the presence of an egg and a small amount of vegetable oil.
You will need:
- flour - 2 glasses;
- egg - 1 piece;
- water - 0.5 cups;
- vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
- salt is a pinch.
Cooking
- Combine all liquid ingredients in a large bowl.
- Beat the egg in a bowl, add salt, a quarter of the amount of flour and stir with a spoon.
- Add flour in portions until it becomes difficult to work with a spoon.
- Knead with your hands on a table dusted with flour to a sharp consistency, the mass should be sticky, but at the same time keep up with your hands without a trace.
- Leave the dough in a bowl for half an hour.
Option 3
Deliciously tender dough for dumplings - of course, choux: it is prepared on the basis of boiling water. How to make it right, so that you get a beautiful dough as in the photo?
You will need:
- flour - 4 glasses;
- water - 1 cup;
- vegetable oil (better refined) - 2 tablespoons;
- salt - 0.5 teaspoons.
Step cooking
- Sift flour (approximately 0.5 volume) into a deep bowl.
- Boil water, salt it and immediately pour a fine stream into the flour, while working with a spoon or mixer with a mixing nozzle.
- Pour in oil, stir again.
- Add the rest of the flour and knead with your hands - a plastic, not sticky mass will come out.
- Put the mass formed into a ball into a bag and hold for 20 minutes (if you need to leave it longer, put it in the refrigerator).
Sour-milk methods
On serum
The dough for dumplings on whey is tender, airy, as if “fluffy”. How to make dumplings dough from sour-milk ingredients?
You will need:
- flour - 3 cups;
- serum - 0.5 cups;
- water (boiled, not cold) - 0.5 cups;
- salt - 0.5 teaspoon;
- soda - 1 teaspoon (without top).
Cooking
- Pour flour, soda and salt into a bowl, mix.
- Pour water into the glass with serum to the brim and stir.
- Add liquid to flour, knead the dough. Then hold it in cling film for 20 minutes.
- Blind the dumplings.
- Put the dumplings in a spacious pan filled with two-thirds boiling salted water. Cook no more than 1 minute after surfacing.
Asking the question of how to cook dough for dumplings, it is quite possible to adopt this simple method. Along with kefir, it is considered a classic of Ukrainian cuisine.
On kefir
This soft dough will surely appeal to lovers of vareniki. It is magnificent, unusually tasty, and most importantly - it rolls out perfectly and versatile, suitable for a variety of fillings.
You will need:
- kefir - 300 milliliters;
- flour - 500 grams;
- soda - 0.5 teaspoon;
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
- salt to taste.
Cooking
- Sift flour, salt, add soda.
- Pour kefir into the hole, make a non-sticky dough.
- Add oil, knead well again.
- Leave to rest for half an hour.
You have learned many ways to make a delicious dumpling for dumplings. They are all wonderful in their own way, so it’s very difficult to choose “the best dough”. We give this choice to you - because only you make the best decision about what to prefer for yourself and your family.
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