Delicious cabbage dumplings: 3 recipes with minced meat and without

As you know, cabbage dumplings can be made using a special kitchen appliance called dumplings, or you can do it yourself. What are the advantages of the second method?

Handmade dumplings

• Quality. Of course, hand sculpting will give a better result - a beautiful product in which a lot of effort and time is invested.
• Energy It is believed that food is saturated with the energy of the person who cooks it, so you need to create in the kitchen only in a positive mood.
• Originality. In the process of sculpting manually, you can experiment with its various types, trying to make dumplings with cabbage in various forms from “ears” to “pasties”.

Recipes dumplings with cabbage with a photo

With fresh

Cabbage is a storehouse of nutrients with a minimum of calories, and the tartranic acid contained in it prevents the accumulation of adipose tissue in the human body. Fresh cabbage dumplings with bacon - a recipe that is affordable and useful to everyone!

You will need:

• white cabbage - about 500 g;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• wheat flour - 3 cups;
• boiled water cooled to room temperature - 1 cup;
• chicken egg - 1 pc.;
• butter, melted - 50 g;
• salt, garlic, ground black pepper and peas - to taste.

Cooking step by step

1. Peel the cabbage from the top leaves, cut the stalk, rinse the prepared head of cabbage. Chop finely or scroll through a meat grinder, adding spices and garlic. Also put the butter previously melted. Leave it for a while to isolate the juice, which will then need to be drained.
2. Prepare dumplings dough by adding water and one slightly beaten egg, as well as a little salt, to the flour sifted through a sieve or colander. Stir and knead. Then leave the finished dough, covered with a plastic bag, in the refrigerator for half an hour.
3. Roll the dough into an improvised sausage, then cut it into equal slices. Roll out each slice with a rolling pin in the shape of a circle, put a cabbage filling in the middle of the circle with a teaspoon or hand, pinch the corners in the shape of “ears”.
4. Boil them in salt water with spices, about 5 minutes after surfacing from the bottom of the pan.

With pickled

Sauerkraut is a champion in the content of minerals, which has an immunoprophylactic and restorative effect on humans. Dumplings with sauerkraut - a recipe for those who like to experiment with unusual tastes.

You will need:

• sauerkraut - half a kilo;
• onions - 2 medium;
• wheat flour - 3 cups;
• boiled water - 1 cup;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• vegetable or olive oil - 100 g;
• salt, ground black pepper and peas - to taste.

Cooking

1. Peel and finely chop the onion, fry it until a pleasant soft golden color. Add sauerkraut, spices to the onion and simmer until cooked. Stir occasionally with a wooden spatula.
2. Prepare the dough based on sifted flour, boiled water, beaten egg and a pinch of salt. Stir until a homogeneous structure does not stick to your hands, and then leave the dough for half an hour to "rest".
3. Roll the dough into a plate and then cut circles out of it with an ordinary glass. Carefully put the filling in the circles, then pinch the corners, folding, for example, in half. Throw in already boiling water and boil for about 5-7 minutes.

With minced meat

Dumplings with sauerkraut can be made with minced meat. Stuffing can be chosen to your taste, it can be chicken or even fish seafood. Cabbage dumplings with minced meat - an excellent recipe for those who do not observe fasting.

You will need:

• white cabbage - one small head of cabbage or 400 g;
• minced meat to choose - 500 g;
• wheat flour - 3 cups;
• boiled water at room temperature - 1 cup;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• salt, garlic, ground black pepper and peas, greens - to taste.

Cooking

1. Rinse the cabbage and pass it through a meat grinder, adding salt and spices. Mix with prepared minced meat. If you take not fresh, but frozen minced meat, then it is better to pass it through the meat grinder again to make it softer. Mix the minced meat and cabbage into a single whole in an approximate proportion of 50/50.
2. Prepare the dough on the basis of flour sifted through a colander, boiled chilled water, beaten egg and salt. Stir until smooth, not sticky to your hands, and then leave the dough for half an hour to rest.
3. Roll the dough into a thin layer and then cut circles with a regular glass. Gently place the finished filling in them and pinch them. Lubricate with cold water if necessary or put in the refrigerator briefly.
4. Boil cabbage dumplings with meat in boiling water for about 5-8 minutes with the addition of your favorite spices, and also modify the recipe to your taste.

Serve dumplings with cabbage and minced meat to the table can be both warm and cold with various sauces. Fresh cabbage in this recipe can be replaced with sauerkraut.

The recipe for dumplings with cabbage is most often referred to as the second dish, but it can also be presented as the first dish, if these dumplings are served with the broth in which they were cooked, as well as vegetables and greens added in addition to spices. Eat with pleasure!