This simple dish will appeal to everyone: both children and adults. It is cooked very quickly and does not require complex culinary skills.
Step-by-step recipe (classic)
In order to cook classic lazy dumplings from cottage cheese, you need to prepare the following products in advance:
- cottage cheese 5% or 9% fat - 390 g;
- flour - 280 g;
- sugar - 90 g;
- salt - to taste;
- eggs - 2 pcs.
Preliminary training will take about 7-10 minutes. Cooking the dumplings themselves takes only 5 minutes. In total, it will take 13-15 minutes to prepare this dish.
In the finished dumplings only 189 calories per 100 grams.
Steps and stages of preparation:
- curd grains mixed with sugar. This should be done carefully within a few minutes;
- Pour into the egg mixture, mix again. The resulting billet should have a uniform consistency of a pleasant cream color;
- using a strainer, gradually add flour in small portions. It is better to mix the mixture with your hands or a spoon, in this case it is not recommended to use a mixer;
- salt;
- the dough, which eventually turned out, divided into three parts, each of which give the shape of a sausage with a diameter of about 2 cm;
- using a sharp knife to cut the resulting shape into small pieces;
- water for boiling salt and bring to a boil. Carefully lower the cottage cheese blanks there;
- cooking time can vary from 5-7 minutes, it all depends on the selected temperature;
- Serve ready dumplings hot, their taste goes well with butter and sour cream.
Sweet lazy dumplings with cottage cheese and semolina for children
Children are very picky about food. But even they will not resist fresh dumplings with a pleasant, sweet, cottage cheese and delicate flavor.
Required Products:
- 300 grams of cottage cheese will be enough to make a small portion for 4 children;
- for the viscosity of the dough you need to use 3 eggs;
- Do not add too much sugar, 70 grams will suffice;
- Semolina is needed in the amount of 100 grams. It is possible and more, but then the dumplings get too dense;
- flour will need 180 grams;
- jam is added to taste already to ready dumplings.
Preparation takes only 15 minutes, and calories are enough for a growing body: 158 per 100 grams.
Stages and preparation steps:
- for starters, sugar should be ground with eggs in a separate bowl. The most convenient way to do this is with a spoon;
- semolina and croup are mixed in a separate container. Then add salt to them;
- after that it is necessary to pour them into the cottage cheese and thoroughly stir with the hands;
- add to the curd egg. Strong enough, but not fast movements to form a dough;
- cottage cheese blanks do not necessarily do in the usual classic form. Since the future of the dish is intended for children, you can experiment: make balls or use ready-made cookie cutters and small cupcakes;
- cottage cheese dumplings dipped in water, brought to a boil. Salt it is not necessary;
- cook on medium plate temperature for about 5 or 7 minutes:
- put on a dish and pour on top of jam or jam.
Dietary lazy dumplings from cottage cheese with cherries
You can treat yourself to a delicious dish during the diet. In this case, lazy dumplings will be an excellent option. Cottage cheese contains a lot of protein and few calories, and cherry gives color and interesting taste to ready-made cheese products.
To prepare this dietary meal you need:
- cottage cheese, it should be either with a small percentage of fat, or completely fat-free - 450 grams;
- rice flour - 350 grams;
- one egg and two egg whites;
- one banana, it is used instead of sugar and gives the dish a sweet taste;
- fresh cherry - 110 grams;
- salt - added to taste.
Dumplings cook quickly enough: only 15-17 minutes.
Calories are few: only 96 per 100 grams. And this is exactly what you need to maintain a good figure.
Steps and stages of preparation:
- Before you start cooking, you should check that the cottage cheese is not liquid. Since in this recipe, ordinary flour is not used, in case the cottage cheese contains excess moisture, the dumplings will not work and will fall apart during cooking. If the curd is watery, it is necessary to drain the excess water using gauze;
- after that, the curd mass is combined with rice flour. You can buy it in large supermarkets or specialty stores;
- egg and liquid protein is added to the previous ingredients. The curd mixture is kneaded;
- banana and peeled cherries must be mashed. After combining it with the dough, add quite a bit of salt;
- Stir the dough thoroughly and knead. The mass should be homogeneous;
- it is rolled into a long, not too thick sausage and cut into identical small pieces;
- The resulting cottage cheese blanks cook for 5-7 minutes in water, previously brought to a boil. Salting it is not worth it, because the dumplings themselves are sweet and contain a banana;
- after everything is ready to put them on the plate. By themselves, the dumplings will already look very beautiful and appetizing: thanks to mashed cherries, they will get a pleasant pink hue. Additionally, they can be decorated with several fresh cherry berries.
The recipe for delicious lazy dumplings with cottage cheese and potatoes
Lazy dumplings with the addition of potatoes are becoming more satisfying and tasty. They no longer resemble dessert, but look like an independent main dish.
For this tasty dish you need:
- potatoes - 2 medium pieces or one big one;
- cottage cheese with a fat content of at least 9% - 500 grams;
- three eggs;
- flour - 100 grams;
- onion - one big thing or two small ones;
- salt is added to taste.
It will take 25 minutes to pre-heat the potatoes and prepare the dough. The calories in this hearty platter are 175 per 100 grams.
Steps and stages of preparation:
- First of all, you should take care of the potato in advance: it must be cleaned and boiled to a state of semi-preparation;
- then using a blender, grind to a state of mashed potatoes;
- mix the resulting mass with slightly beaten eggs;
- add cottage cheese to the potato mixture, mix with a spoon and salt;
- Using a sieve or a special device pour flour. This should be done gradually;
- give the mixture a homogeneous mass;
- form small balls from the resulting blank. Then, using a rolling pin, roll them a little;
- Cook the resulting cakes for 5-7 minutes in salted boiling water;
- when the potato and cottage cheese dumplings are ready, serve them with onions, pre-fried in butter. This combination of products is very tasty and fragrant. Optionally, you can add sour cream.
A simple recipe for lazy dumplings from cottage cheese without eggs
Lazy dumplings can be cooked without eggs. They get less dense, but no less tasty.
The following ingredients are necessary for such quick dumplings:
- curd of any fat content - 450 grams;
- due to the lack of eggs, flour will need more - 300 grams;
- sugar - 100 grams;
- salt to taste
The cooking process is very simple and only takes 10 minutes. They contain fewer calories than the classic version. About 165 per 100 grams.
Stages and preparation steps:
- squeeze cottage cheese from excess fluid. Use gauze or sieve for this;
- rub the resulting mass with sugar;
- add flour and salt. Use a spoon to mix well;
- from the dough make small curd cakes;
- cook for five minutes. Water does not salt;
- Ready lazy dumplings can be served with sour cream, jam or fruit puree.
Subtleties and secrets of cooking
A few tips on how to cook the dumplings so that they are the most delicious and do not fall apart during cooking:
- cottage cheese for this dish should be not only fresh, but also coarse-grained. This ensures the dense structure of the finished dumplings;
- if sugar is not added to the dough, the same curd pancakes can be served with both sweet and salty sauce;
- Dumplings will get a special taste if sugar is replaced with honey;
- the dumplings will definitely not be boiled down if the cottage cheese is previously squeezed out and let the excess liquid flow down.
Enjoy your meal!
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