And you know that the kitchen is an ideal place forcreativity? Do you know that all successful cooks are adventurers? Have you ever thought about the truly limitless possibilities of culinary art? Incidentally, this is relevant not only for professionals, but also for home cooks and confectioners. After all, almost any dish can be prepared in a way that nobody else has done before you! Here, for example, dumplings. It would seem that a standard set of products and a standard cooking procedure ... But no! Dumplings can be cooked in different ways. Varied can be a dough for them, and minced meat, and even the way of cooking. Here we are used to the fact that mincemeat for dumplings is a filling of two or three kinds of meat plus onions and spices. But even in such a combination the stuffing can be completely different. By the way, stuffing for home-made dumplings does not necessarily have to be made with meat. And with what else can you make pelmeni, you ask? That's exactly what we are offering you to find out. And at the same time learn different recipes for mincemeat for dumplings and, of course, try to cook it. Let's start? 
Minced meat for classic Russian dumplings
Let's start with the traditional minced meat. By the way, for the preparation of delicious ravioli, our predecessors used little tricks. For example, in Siberia inside a minced meat for each pelmen put a piece of ice. First, such dumplings were quickly frozen (and this was necessary for their storage). And secondly, boiled dumplings turned out to be surprisingly succulent and fragrant. So, the recipe for minced meat for traditional dumplings. Ingredients:
- Pork - about 400 grams;
- Beef - about 300 grams;
- Onions - 1-2 heads;
- Egg - 1 piece;
- Black ground pepper - half a teaspoon;
- Salt - at its discretion.
Preparation: Meat must be washed and cut off all the films. But you can leave the fatty. By the way, if the meat is completely lean, you can even add a little fat to the stuffing. And the fat can be as fresh, or salty or smoked - the taste of dumplings from this will not suffer. Now cut the meat into small pieces and double twist it in a meat grinder. By the way, it's better to pass through the meat grinder slightly frozen meat - it will be scrolled much easier than the steam or completely thawed. We clean onions and also twist them in a meat grinder. Only do this once. Then we break one raw egg into minced meat, put the black pepper, add salt and mix it well. And now attention! Pour into mince about half the glass (you can slightly less) of ice water and again mix everything. Now our mince is ready to be stuffed for dumplings. 
Minced meat and lentils
In Russian cuisine lentils are present withtime immemorial. This product is very full, tasty and useful. Our ancestors cooked porridge from lentils, baked lentil bread and even lentils for pies and dumplings. So, forcemeat with lentils is not an innovative recipe, but a tribute to Russian culinary traditions. But we are modernizing this recipe. Ingredients:
- Green lentils - a pound;
- Pork - 200 grams;
- Vegetable oil - one and a half tablespoons;
- Onion - 1 head;
- Red ground pepper - half a teaspoon;
- Ginger - half a teaspoon;
- Salt - at its discretion.
Preparation: Pork my and cut into very small pieces (the size of a fingernail on a little finger). Lentils are washed and boiled almost to the full. Spread it in a colander or in a strainer - let it cool and give off excess moisture. Meanwhile, we clean and finely chop the onion and spread it into a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry. When the onion is lightly browned, we put the lentils in the brazier and continue to fry for about three to four minutes. At the end of the frying, add the chopped pork, pepper, ginger and salt. Ready minced meat is cooled, kneaded with a fork and mixed.
Minced mutton with potatoes and onions
Another interesting recipe for minced meat for dumplings. Ingredients:
- Lamb (fat) - 600 grams;
- Potatoes - 100 grams;
- Onion - 200 grams;
- Butter - 50 grams;
- Black ground pepper - a teaspoon;
- Ground ginger - a teaspoon;
- Salt - at its discretion.
Preparation: We take lamb for minced meat - then the filling will turn out juicy. If the meat is lean, then you can add a little pork fat to mince. So, the meat is washed and cleaned of the films, and then we pass it through the meat grinder. We clean onions, potatoes and also grind them in a meat grinder. Now combine the meat with potatoes and onions, put in the stuffing soft butter, ginger, salt and black pepper. As it should, we knead and remove the minced meat in the refrigerator for fifteen minutes.
Minced meat for vegetarian dumplings
If you do not eat meat for some reason, you can cook pelmeni without it! Here is a minced meat recipe for vegetarian dumplings. Ingredients:
- Curd (not sour) - 250 grams;
- Hard cheese - 100 grams;
- Processed cheese - 100 grams;
- Egg - 1 piece;
- Olive oil - a tablespoon;
- Black pepper - a teaspoon;
- Salt - at its discretion.
Preparation: This delicious forcemeat is prepared very quickly and easily. For the beginning we shall grind with the help of a grater both cheeses. By the way, the harder the cheese, the more delicious it will be minced. Ideal for this filling is Parmesan cheese. But the cream cheese must first be thoroughly cooled or even frozen - it's easier to rub it. So, spread the crushed cheese into a bowl, add the cottage cheese, raw egg, olive oil and spices. Stir and mold the dumplings. 
Mushroom stuffing for dumplings
We somehow got used to the fact that mushroom stuffing is used to make dumplings. However, dumplings with him, too, can be done. And here is the recipe for this stuffing. Ingredients:
- Fresh mushrooms - 400 grams;
- Onion - 2 heads;
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
- Cheese - 100 grams;
- Garlic - 1-2 slices;
- Black pepper - half teaspoon;
- Salt - at its discretion.
Preparation: Mushrooms (for example, tulips) are cleaned, mine, dried and finely chopped. Just finely chop the onion and send it all into the brazier with vegetable oil. Lightly fry mushrooms with onions, and then cool them. Meanwhile, grind the cheese (any hard), and let the garlic through the press. The cooled roast is combined with garlic and chopped cheese, put the black pepper, salt and mix everything thoroughly. Mushroom stuffing for home-made dumplings is ready!
Mushroom stuffing with peas
With lentils we already stuffed, but now let'stry to prepare forcemeat with peas. And if in the first case we combined legumes and meat, then this recipe is notable for the combination of peas and mushrooms. Ingredients:
- Peas dry - 100 grams;
- Fresh champignons - 300 grams;
- Meadow - 1-2 heads;
- Carnation ground - pinch;
- Black pepper - half teaspoon;
- Salt is at your discretion.
Preparation: We rinse and soak the dry peas, and when it swells, we throw it into the colander, so that all the excess water of the glass. Now take a baking tray, grease with vegetable oil and spread the peas on it. Distribute the peas in an even layer and bake in the oven for about twenty minutes. After that, we still transfer the hot peas into a bowl and knead it in puree. However, you can make mashed potatoes from boiled peas, just try not to get it liquid. Next, we need to wash and chop the champignons very finely and chop the onions, and then fry it together with the mushrooms in vegetable oil. After that, combine the roast with the pea puree, add salt, cloves and pepper and mix everything thoroughly. We cool the minced meat and use it as stuffing for dumplings.
Chicken minced meat for dumplings
Why do not we make dumplings with minced chicken? They will be no less delicious than with traditional stuffing. And the recipe for making such stuffing is very simple. Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - a pound;
- Onion - 1 head;
- Butter - a tablespoon;
- Milk is half a glass;
- Salts and spices are at your discretion.
Preparation: Chicken meat double twist on the meat grinder. By the way, for this filling you can use ready-made chicken mince, but only if you are sure of its quality. The bulb is cleaned and finely chopped, and then fry it in butter and let the toast cool. Then we connect the twisted chicken fillet with the onion roast, pour in the milk, put the spices and mix the stuffing. All - you can mold dumplings. 
Chicken minced meat with mushrooms
Another recipe for chicken mince for home-made dumplings. Ingredients:
- Fresh mushrooms - 300 grams;
- Chicken fillet - 300 grams;
- Onion - 2 heads;
- Vegetable oil;
- Salt and spices are at your discretion.
Preparation: Chicken meat is cut into very small pieces. Mushrooms, as usual, if necessary, clean, then mine, and then blanch. Ready mushrooms are cooled, let them dry and cut as small as possible. Onions are also cleaned, finely chopped and fried in vegetable oil. In the onion roast we put sliced mushrooms and chicken meat, we extinguish all together minutes two. Then put the spices, salt and continue to stew until the chicken is ready. Another hot roast is transferred to a blender and crushed, or simply kneaded in puree with a crush. Cool the minced meat and start making dumplings. Of course, every housewife has her own, proprietary recipe for making delicious minced meat for dumplings. But after all, as we found out, the place of creativity is always and everywhere! Why do not we change traditions and try some new recipe? Better yet, come up with a brand new one? In addition, any well-known recipe of any dish can always be modernized and adapted to your tastes or modern realities. And the recipe for dumplings or fillings for them is not an exception. So do not be afraid to experiment and cook with pleasure. Enjoy your appetite and success in the culinary field!
