I like dumplings very much. Even though this dish isn't the most healthy, it is delicious. I think there aren't any children who don't like dumplings with blueberries and sweet cream.
You can make dumplings from French pastry or yeasty dough and bake them in the oven or from normal dough and boil them. The stuffing could be a surprise for your family. This time I made dumplings with spinach. As well as garlic and walnuts, I propose adding cheese to the stuffing. Use whatever you like: feta cheese, gorgonzola or grated emmenthal.
I serve them fried until golden with cheese or garlic dip.
If you would like dumplings from French pastry, you may find the recipe here. Below you will find a recipe for dumplings from normal dough.
Ingredients:
Dough
0.5 kg of flour + flour for sprinkling a pastry board
½ teaspoon of salt
60ml oil
200ml of hot water
Boil the water and leave for 5-10 minutes. Put the flour and salt on the pastry board. Make a dimple, pour on oil and water and knead until the dough is soft, smooth and resilient.
Stuffing:
400g of spinach
3 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon of butter
10 walnuts
150g of cheese
salt and pepper
Dice the garlic and fry for a while in the butter. Add the cleaned and dried spinach and fry for 3-4 minutes. Remove the spinach from the pan and mince it. Add the crumbled or grated cheese and minced walnuts. Spice it up with salt and pepper.
Sprinkle the pastry board with 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 and make "a furbelow" (a series of little notches along the edge) with your fingers. Boil in salty water for 8 minutes. Remove from the water and leave to cool down. Then fry them in oil.
Enjoy your meal!