Galushki are a national Ukrainian dish.There it is served separately on a plate, seasoned with sour cream or butter, and added to soup. Simply put, dumplings are boiled pieces of dough, sometimes with the addition of various spices. The recipe for dumplings is very simple to make. First, unleavened dough is prepared, which is usually mixed with water or egg whey. The finished mass is rolled out with a rolling pin until a crust is obtained, the thickness of which should not exceed 1.5 cm. Then we cut into small pieces or simply pinch off from the dough and roll into small balls, which are called dumplings. Over its long history, many recipes for making Ukrainian dumplings have accumulated.
Classic Ukrainian soup with dumplings
Ukrainian soup with dumplings - a recipe that can become one of the most delicious in your culinary arsenal. To prepare it, you will need:
- Chicken - 1 piece;
- Cauliflower - 1 piece;
- Potatoes - 5 pcs;
- Carrots - 1 piece;
- Bulb - 1 piece;
- Egg - 1 piece;
- Greens of dill, parsley, feathers of onions;
- Flour - 1 tbsp;
- Salt, pepper to taste.
Preparation:The dumpling soup is cooked in chicken broth and turns out very aromatic, with a beautiful golden hue. Pre-defrosted chicken carcass is washed with water and cooked for about an hour, adding onion and carrot to the broth. After the time has passed, take out the chicken, put it on a separate dish to drain all the excess liquid. Put peeled potatoes in the broth. After the vegetables have cooked for 10 minutes, add cauliflower - it should be divided into small florets in advance. Next, put in the dumplings. To prepare them, take 1 chicken egg, a small pinch of salt and a couple of spoons of flour. To make the dumplings softer and more tender, add a little water or milk to the mixture. Without liquid, they can turn out too tough. Before the soup is ready, roll small balls from the dough. A couple of minutes before turning off, put in the resulting dumplings. Just before the end of cooking, throw all the greens into our delicious soup, which should already be washed and cut into small pieces. If the chicken was cooked in the broth for about two hours, the meat becomes very soft, with a rich aroma. As soon as the poultry meat has cooled, it must be separated from the bone by hand and divided into small pieces, the size of which depends only on your preferences. Before serving the soup with dumplings on the table, put meat in each portion. If desired, you can add mayonnaise or sour cream, so the soup will acquire an original taste. You can also get by with a piece of butter, which will flavor your dish and give it a tint.
Dumplings from buckwheat flour
From buckwheat flour, to which we add water andegg, make a thick dough. Cut the resulting mass into small pieces, throw them into boiling salted water with a large spoon. This dish will cook for about half an hour. Then rinse a little, and serve on a plate, greased with butter. This dish will be very tasty if you serve it with fried lard and onions.
Hamushki with ham
Knead the dough as for noodles.The most important thing is that it is thick enough, otherwise the future dumplings may boil over and lose their pleasant appearance. Place the cut small dumplings in boiling water and cook until fully cooked. At this time, take 300 grams of ham and cut it into small cubes. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. As soon as the dumplings are cooked, pour cold water over them, put in a good piece of butter and chopped ham, mix everything, and bake for a few minutes in the oven. After you take the dish out, you can sprinkle it with herbs, which should already be washed and chopped.
Cappuccino with cottage cheese
Knead the dough using only the yolks, addinga little salt for taste. Cut into small dumplings and cook until done. While they are boiling on the fire, you need to prepare the cottage cheese, mashed with an egg, a spoonful of sour cream and a pinch of salt. Before mixing, the cottage cheese needs to be rubbed through a fine sieve. As soon as the dumplings are ready, throw them into a colander, pour cold water over them, put them in a bowl and mix with the curd mass that we got. For a few minutes, place the dumplings in a preheated oven and bake until golden brown. Ukrainian dumplings are a very simple and at the same time, incredibly tasty dish. The number of recipes for their preparation can be as great as the imagination of the cook preparing them. Dumplings can easily be served both on the everyday table - for example, it can be an excellent hearty breakfast, and on a festive one. If you serve a dish of dumplings beautifully, this delicacy will become a royal treat that all guests will definitely appreciate.
Egg soup with dumplings
And finally, soup with dumplings, the recipe of which in Ukrainian families is passed down from generation to generation. Surely you will want to please your loved ones with this original dish. Ingredients:
- Carrots - 1 piece;
- Bulb - 1 piece;
- Potatoes - 3 pieces;
- Eggs of chicken - 2 pieces;
- Wheat flour - 3 tbsp;
- Bay leaf - 1 pc;
- Dill, parsley, onion green;
- Salt, pepper to taste.
Preparation:Pour two liters of water into a saucepan. As soon as it boils, put in whole onions, grated carrots, and potatoes cut into small cubes. Add salt to taste, usually 1 level teaspoon. While the vegetables are cooking, mix the egg and flour in a small bowl, season everything with a pinch of salt. Roll the resulting dough into very small balls and very carefully place them in the boiling soup. Beat the other egg well, adding a couple of spoons of cold water. The dough cooks quite quickly, about 20 minutes is enough for it, the best way to judge the readiness of the soup is by the potatoes that are boiling in it. Before turning off the saucepan, slowly pour in the beaten egg, stirring the soup vigorously. Sprinkle with pre-chopped herbs on top and put a small piece of butter. Turn off the heat and let it brew for about 15 minutes. Your family will be very grateful for such a hearty and tasty lunch. We recommend reading:
