When I first cooked "double" dumplings, I had no idea how delicious it would turn out! And now both the husband and the children are asking to cook such dumplings more often!
Yesterday I published a video where I showed three ways to make dumplings twice as delicious. If you missed it, take a look - you will definitely like it:
By tradition, I publish two interesting comments under this video (it was sooo hard to choose):
Dough for dumplings can be taken absolutely any. In the video, I cooked with milk dough. But these dumplings made from boiling water dough are even tastier (at the end of the article I will leave a link to three recipes for dumplings dough and their comparison). And it's better to freeze dumplings if they are made from choux pastry.
Boiling water dough (custard). Sift 3 cups of flour into a bowl (a glass of 250 ml). In the middle - an egg, 0.5 tsp. salt and 3 tbsp. vegetable oil. I mix it with flour and pour in an incomplete glass of boiling water - about 230 ml (just boiled water!). I knead gently (because it's hot!). I leave it in the bag for 15 minutes.
You do not need to add flour. This dough does not stick to your hands! I cut off some dough, form a "sausage" and cut into pieces.
Then I take two pieces of dough and roll it out. It turns out two identical circles. I roll each circle on one side thinner (you can clearly see this in the video). And I connect these two circles precisely with the thin sides. Like this:
Now comes the fun part. I spread the minced meat on one half, and mashed potatoes on the second. I usually cook minced meat from two types of meat, add salt, black pepper and onions. You can add some ice water for juiciness.
I just boil the potatoes in salted water and knead them.
I connect the edges. It turns out a double dumpling. You can leave it that way.
But my boys like the shape of the dumplings better:
I boil dumplings in salted water. After surfacing, cook for 5-6 minutes. You can add bay leaf and black pepper to the water (if you like). In general, I cook like ordinary dumplings. I grease with butter and you can help yourself! Here's how the dumplings look in section:
Instead of mashed potatoes, you can take cabbage - it's also delicious)) Try it - well, very tasty!
As promised, three recipes for dumplings dough and their comparison: