Dumplings with frozen cherries

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make dumplings with frozen cherries? Prepare ingredients for making dough. Be sure to measure flour and water in one glass, then you won’t need to add additional flour during the process.

2. STEP 2

   

   Take a bowl deep enough to knead comfortably. Sift flour into it. This will saturate it with air, and the dough will be even more tender and softer. Add salt to flour, mix well.

3. STEP 3

   

   Make a hole in the center of the flour. Pour the broken egg and vegetable oil into it. Using a fork, lightly whisk the egg and butter into the flour. Do not try to immediately knead the dough with this, it will not work, there is too little liquid component. You just need to mix the egg and that’s it.

4. STEP 4

   

   Boil water, pour boiling water into a glass. And immediately, just so that more bubbles flow through the water, pour boiling water into the flour. Be sure to wear a glove on your hand, it is very hot. As you pour out the water, vigorously stir the flour with a fork. This way the flour will brew, gluten will develop very quickly, and the dough will become very elastic and manageable.

5. STEP 5

   

   When all the water has been poured in, knead the dough with a fork, it is hot, be careful! But it will cool down quite quickly, and your hands will come into play. At first it will seem like there is too much flour and not enough liquid. Do not rush to pour more water, gradually all the flour will be mixed in and the dough will become homogeneous.

6. STEP 6

   

   Finally, turn the dough out onto your work surface. The dough is not sticky at all, you don’t even have to sprinkle it with flour. Knead the dough until smooth and form into a ball. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with a towel and leave to rest for 20 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   While the dough is resting, prepare the filling. Do not defrost cherries! This is the first secret of “non-flowing” dumplings. The second secret is starch. When cooking, the juice from the cherries will mix with starch, thicken and not leak out.

8. STEP 8

   

   Mix sugar with starch.

9. STEP 9

   

   Divide the rested dough into 4 parts. You will work with one, put the other three back in the bowl.

10. STEP 10

    

    Roll out the dough into a circle a few millimeters thick. Here I still had to add a little flour, the dough became even softer after resting.

11. STEP 11

    

    Cut out circles using a special mold or glass.

12. STEP 12

    

    And only now take out some of the frozen cherries, about 1/4 of them. Take a circle and pour 1/3 teaspoon of a mixture of sugar and starch into the middle. Add a few cherries. My dumplings fit 2 or 3 berries, depending on the size.

13. STEP 13

    

    Fill the dumpling in the form of a pie. You can further strengthen the edge with a pigtail. But in the end I was in a hurry and didn’t turn it around. In the end, the dumplings still didn’t fall apart. It's just beautiful with a braid.

14. STEP 14

    

    As soon as you make the first batch of dumplings, place them on a board sprinkled with flour and put them in the freezer. Or cook it right away. There is no need to keep them warm for a long time - the cherries will melt and flow. Proceed to the next batch.

15. STEP 15

    

    Boil dumplings in salted water. Throw them into boiling water, be sure to stir gently so that the dough does not stick to the bottom. After boiling, cook for 3 minutes. All dumplings should float. Remove the dumplings to a plate using a slotted spoon. Serve with butter or sour cream. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Faith

22.08.2023

4.8

I have prepared choux pastry for dumplings before, but without adding vegetable oil. So I decided to try this option, I’m not disappointed, everything worked out. The dough rolled very easily, did not tear, got carried away and rolled too thin. Therefore, although not a single dumpling burst during cooking, some leaked a little. I don’t really see a problem with this; it didn’t show up in the taste, except maybe in the photo. I made a batch of dumplings with frozen cherries, and another batch with fresh cherries, I didn’t notice any difference. The recipe is going into my piggy bank, thanks for the deliciousness)))

alinaezhova89

22.08.2023

4.5

The dough is great! Naturally, I saved it to my bookmarks and cook only according to it. Instead of cherries I cooked it with raspberries. It turned out very tasty too. But the main thing is that with this dough not a single dumpling fell apart or stuck together. Many thanks to the author))

2olenka2

22.08.2023

5

I made dumplings according to your recipe! It turned out very tasty! The second time I took thawed cherries and steamed them, it also turned out great! Not a single dumpling burst or leaked.

Oitera

22.08.2023

4.8

The dough is great!