Salvia has many uses both in the pharmacy industry and in the kitchen. Salvia takes care of the skin, mitigates symptoms of the menopause, cures indigestion and fights infection. In the kitchen it is used as a seasoning for meat and for tomato and potato dishes. We like potato dumplings with salvia butter and Parmesan. Today I used salvia for the stuffing in dumplings.

Many people like traditional dumplings with meat, cottage cheese or fruit. Recently however, traditional stuffing has given way to some new and original combinations. You can use anything you like to stuff your dumplings. Today I took a chance and prepared some dumplings with a different stuffing. I used bulgur, courgette and salvia. I spiced up the delicate ingredients with chili pepper and salty goat cheese. The effect was surprising. The dumplings were excellent. They were great just after cooking, but they were even better fried the next day.

Ingredients
dough
500g of flour
4 tablespoons of oil
250-300 ml of boiling water
a pinch of salt
stuffing
1 courgette
100g of bulgur
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
half a chili pepper
4 salvia leaves
1 tablespoon of butter
50g of creamy goat cheese
salt and pepper

Put the flour, salt and oil into a bowl. Pour in enough boiling water to cover the flour. Don't mix it in. Leave for 15 minutes. After that, knead into a smooth and resilient dough.
Grate the courgette, sprinkle it with salt and leave for 15 minutes. Boil the bulgur. Dice the onion, chili pepper, garlic and fry it in the butter. Drain the courgette. Add the bulgur, vegetables from the pan, goat cheese and chopped salvia to the courgette. Spice them up with salt and pepper and stir thoroughly.
Sprinkle the pastry board with a little flour. Roll the dough out so it is thin and flat. Cut rings from the pastry with a glass. Put a tablespoon of the stuffing onto the centre of each ring. Glue each dumpling together with your fingers to make a "furbelow" (a series of little notches along the edge). Boil in salty water for 3-4 minutes. Serve with the fried onion.

Enjoy your meal!

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