Manti with pumpkin and minced meat

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make manti with pumpkin and minced meat? Prepare the products for the test. Be sure to sift the flour, this will not only remove possible debris, but also saturate it with oxygen, making the product soft and airy. Take filtered and warm water.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour the flour into a deep bowl, add salt and mix well. Beat an egg into a bowl. Be sure to wash the eggs before use, as even the seemingly clean shell may contain harmful bacteria. It is best to use food detergents and a brush. Mix the flour with the egg. Then start pouring warm water into the flour. Knead the dough first with a fork, then with your hands.

3. Step 3:

   

   If it turns out to be too steep, add more water, too liquid — pour flour. It depends on the quality and properties of the flour. Gradually, the dough will begin to become homogeneous. Continue kneading on the table. Knead it for a long time, about 10 minutes, then put it in a bag and leave it on the table to rest. During this time, the flour will absorb the remaining liquid, gluten will develop well in it, which will make the dough more elastic.

4. Step 4:

   

   While the dough is maturing, prepare the filling. You can make minced meat yourself by rolling beef through a meat grinder, or you can use ready-made minced meat. I have homemade ground beef.

5. Step 5:

   

   Wash the pumpkin, peel and cut into pieces. Be careful — the pumpkin is very hard, it is better to clean it in pieces.

6. Step 6:

   

   Chop the pumpkin in any way convenient for you. You can scroll it along with the meat through a meat grinder, grate it on a coarse grater or simply cut it into small cubes. I chose a grater.

7. Step 7:

   

   Chop the onion in the same way.

8. Step 8:

   

   Put the minced meat, pumpkin and onion in a bowl. Add salt and pepper. You can also put your favorite and suitable spices. And also finely chopped greens.

9. Step 9:

   

   Knead the minced meat well. For juiciness, you can pour in a little cold clean water.

11. Step 10:

    

    Roll the rested dough into a long sausage, and then cut it into small pieces.

12. Step 11:

    

    Roll out each piece on a board sprinkled with flour into a thin round layer.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put a spoonful of filling in the middle of the circle.

14. Step 13:

    

    Pinch the two opposite edges, leaving the edges open.

15. Step 14:

    

    Fold these open edges to the resulting edge. And also pinch it well.

16. Step 15:

    

    Wrap the resulting corners around the manta ray and pinch. It will turn out to be such a neat manta ray. This is one of the ways of modeling, round manta rays are obtained.

17. Step 16:

    

    Cook the manti for a couple in any available way — in a mantyshnitsa, a steamer, a slow cooker. The cooking time is from 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the size.

18. Step 17:

    

    Put the finished mantas on a platter and serve with sauces — sour cream or tomato. Bon appetit!