Beef Dumplings

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make beef dumplings? Start cooking with the dough. Prepare the products for him. Pre-sift the flour. Choose refined, odorless oil. Wash the egg well and dry it.

2. Step 2:

   

   How to make dough? In a large bowl, pour flour, make a hole in the middle, add salt there. Beat in the egg, pour in the vegetable oil. Mix the products with a fork, lightly, so that the protein and yolk mix.

3. Step 3:

   

   Start pouring water in portions. After each addition, stir the dough with a fork. And so on until all the water is added. Gradually, it will become more difficult to knead with a fork, put it aside and continue kneading with your hands.

4. Step 4:

   

   Now it will become easier for you to understand the condition of the dough — if it is too sticky, add more flour, too dry and steep, add water. The dough should gather into a ball and almost stop sticking. It is not necessary to knead it for a long time, just before mixing the products and the desired consistency, the final batch will be then, after curing. Cover the bowl with the dough with a towel and leave it on the table for 20 minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   While the dough is resting, take care of the filling. Prepare the products for her. I have ready-made beef minced meat, if you have a piece of beef, then scroll it through a meat grinder, after removing the films and cutting into pieces. The water for the filling will need cold, put it in the freezer for half an hour.

6. Step 6:

   

   How to make the filling? Peel and wash the onion. Grind it in any convenient way. You can scroll along with the meat through a meat grinder, grind it with a blender or grate it, as I did. I don't like slicing with a knife — the onion pieces are too big, they don't have time to boil in a short time.

7. Step 7:

   

   Put minced meat to the onion, add salt and ground black pepper to taste. You can put your favorite spices, whatever you like. Pour in cold water. And knead the minced meat well with your hands, you can beat it off on a bowl, then it will become completely homogeneous. The water in the filling is the secret ingredient that will make the stuffing soft and juicy.

8. Step 8:

   

   Meanwhile, the dough has lain, the flour has completely absorbed all the water, gluten has developed well in it. Now the dough has become very elastic. Put it on a board dusted with flour and knead well until smooth.

9. Step 9:

   

   Assemble the dough into a ball. It's ready to go.

11. Step 10:

    

    It will be more convenient to roll out small pieces of dough. Cut off about a third, put the rest of the dough in a bowl and cover with a towel so that it does not get hot. Sprinkle the table with flour and roll out the dough with a rolling pin into a thin layer.

12. Step 11:

    

    Cut out the circles from the dough, I cut them with a glass.

13. Step 12:

    

    Start making dumplings. How to make dumplings? Put the minced meat on a circle, I have about a teaspoon.

14. Step 13:

    

    Pinch the edges according to the type of pie.

15. Step 14:

    

    Roll up a bagel, fasten the ends well. The dumpling is ready. In a similar way, make all the dumplings.

16. Step 15:

    

    Place the finished dumplings on a board dusted with flour. You can cook them right away or put them in the freezer and freeze.

17. Step 16:

    

    To cook the dumplings, put a pot of water on the fire. Choose a large enough volume so that the dumplings float freely and do not stick together. Bring the water to a boil, add salt, I like to put another bay leaf. Throw the dumplings into boiling water, be sure to mix them with a spoon so that they do not stick to the bottom.

18. Step 17:

    

    Cook the dumplings for about 7 minutes after they pop up, over low heat. Remove the finished dumplings with a slotted spoon on a plate.

19. Step 18:

    

    Serve them hot, with butter, sour cream, mayonnaise or ketchup. The broth in which the dumplings were cooked can also be served separately in a bowl or together with them, according to the type of soup. some people like to add table vinegar to dumplings. Choose according to your taste. Bon appetit!