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Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings

March 9th, 2013 in Main Dishes, No-meat by
Total cooking time: 3h
Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe

I am maybe getting old: firstly I was putting off this recipe for far too long, secondly after I finished up with assembling these dumplings, I could feel my back.

Nevertheless here is recipe: ukrainian handmade dumplings stuffed with potato and mushroom mix.

You can boil them as soon as they are assembled, or you can freeze them up and boil right before serving. No thawing in necessary.

Already boiled dumplings can be warmed up on a skillet with a bit of butter.

Ingredients:


How to prepare, step by step:

  1. Prepare ingredients:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 1
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 1
  2. Start off by boiling potatoes as for salad (skin on, until can be easily pierced with a knife), this step can be done in advance, also boiled potatoes leftovers can be used instead:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 2
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 2
  3. Now it is time to prepare dumplings dough (I recap the method here, read how to make dumplings dough with milk and egg for more details): Mix milk, salt and oil in a cooking pot; bring to boil, then add 1/2 cup of flour:
    Mix milk, oil and salt in cooking pot
    Mix milk, oil and salt in cooking pot
    Bring to boil
    Bring to boil
    Remove from burner, mix flour in
    Remove from burner, mix flour in

    Cool down and mix an egg in
    Cool down and mix an egg in
    Start adding flour
    Start adding flour
    Until it becomes thick
    Until it becomes thick

    Knead more flour in
    Knead more flour in
    Until it doesn't stick to hands anymore
    Until it doesn't stick to hands anymore
    Then cover with plastic wrap
    Then cover with plastic wrap

  4. Warm up skillet with a bit of vegetable oil over moderate heat; peel and chop onions, add them to the skillet and cook onions they softened and began to gain color, stir from time to time:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 4
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 4
  5. While onions are cooking, clean mushrooms, then dice them and once onions are ready, add mushrooms to them:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 5
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 5
  6. Cook onions with mushrooms together until juice produced by mushrooms evaporate (continue stirring from time to time), then season with salt and ground black pepper to taste, mix and turn the heat off:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 6
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 6
  7. Peel skin from boiled potatoes, slice them in pieces:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 7
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 7
  8. Prepare potato and mushroom stuffing:
    Mash potato with potato masher
    Mash potato with potato masher
    Add mushroom and onion mix
    Add mushroom and onion mix
    And mix, adjust salt if needed
    And mix, adjust salt if needed


  9. Working in batches, roll a piece of dough into thin sheet with rolling pin:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 9
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 9
  10. Cut dough into circles with a glass about 2.5 inches in diameter:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 10
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 10
  11. Remove cut off dough, you can save it for later use if needed (store in plastic wrap):
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 11
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 11
  12. Now it is time to do most of the work – assemble dumplings:
    Take a circle of dough
    Take a circle of dough
    Arrange stuffing in the middle
    Arrange stuffing in the middle
    Fold the dough
    Fold the dough

    Pat edges together
    Pat edges together
    Work it from one side to another
    Work it from one side to another
    A dumpling is ready!
    A dumpling is ready!


  13. Now just repeat steps from 9 to 12 for all dough and stuffing you have, you will end up with about 80 dumplings with potato and mushroom stuffing:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 13
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 13
    You can cook them immediately or freeze them up for later use.
  14. To cook fresh made or frozen dumplings, bring a cooking pot to boil, salt water to taste and put portion of dumplings into boiling water:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 14
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 14
  15. Let dumplings cook until they emerge and then cook them for 5 mins more:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 15
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 15
  16. Then move them to a bowl using skimmer:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 16
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 16
  17. Grease dumplings with butter so they don’t stick to each other:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 17
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe: Step 17
  18. And serve with a scoop of sour cream:
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe
    Potato and Mushroom Stuffed Dumplings Recipe
Enjoy!

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