TINGINIO CEPELINAI (CHEESE DUMPLINGS) - LITHUANIAN
Cepelinai are one of the favorite dishes of Lithuania, but are quite labor-intensive to make. You have to grate the potatoes, then squeeze out as much liquid as possible. I was intrigued by recipes of this name that I found in a number of Lithuanian blogs, which literally translates as "Lazyman's cepelinai", and inspired by them, developed this recipe. This recipe is for two adults, two dumplings a person as a main dish, but children would probably just eat one. The texture is very reminiscent of the potato cepelinai, but you can easily make these for dinner. I keep forgetting to time myself, but I'm sure this doesn't take me more than about 30 minutes.
Provided by duonyte
Categories Cheese
Time 45m
Yield 4 dumplings, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, combine the cheese, farina, potato starch, egg and salt. I first stir with a spoon, but then knead it right in the bowl with my hand, to ensure that everything is thoroughly mixed. Cover and let it stand while you make the filling. (Letting it stand about 10 or 15 minutes lets the farina hydrate and I think makes the dough hold together better).
- Saute the onion in the oil in a small saucepan until translucent.
- Add to the remaining filling ingredients in a small bowl. Mix thoroughly.
- Divide into four portions and form into small sausage shapes. Cover.
- Sprinkle two or three tablespoons of potato starch onto a large plate and set aside.
- Fill 2 or 3 quart saucepan with water, add salt, and bring to a boil while making the dumplings.
- Divide the dough into four portions - I do this right in the bowl, just cutting through it with a knife.
- Dampen your hands with cool water before forming each dumpling. Take one portion of the dough and flatten it on the palm of one hand into an oval.
- Place on portion of the filling onto the dough and form the dough around it into an oval shape - it's important to make the exterior very smooth, without any cracks or seams - this will keep them dumplings from splitting as they cook.
- Place the dumpling onto the potato-starch-sprinkled plate and roll it around to dredge in the starch.
- Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
- When they are all done, carefully place each dumpling into the pot of boiling water. They should fit without crowding or overlapping. If there is any potato starch left on the plate, just scrape it right into the water, as well.
- Let the water return to a boil and reduce it to a slow boil - more than a simmer, but not a full out boil.
- Cook for about 10 minutes after it returns to a boil.
- While these cook, make the sauce.
- Chop the bacon and saute it in a small saucepan.
- As it starts to get translucent, add the mushrooms and butter, and saute until cooked through.
- Remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon, plate and cover with sauce.
- Note1: "Varske" is what we call farmers' cheese in Lithuanian. Tvarog is widely available in many places and is essentially the same. You want to use one that is whole milk or made from not less than 2% milk. Leaner cheese will not hold together as well - probably you would need more potato starch.
- Note2: The mushrooms are not traditional in the sauce, but I like them, and that way I am not using as much bacon. However, you can serve with just melted butter and sour cream, or any similar sauce that you might have in your files. To reduce calories, you can just saute some mushrooms and perhaps have a little sour cream on the side.
- Note3: I've made this with both ground beef and ground pork. I intend to make a cheese filling also, and I think a mushroom filling would also be very good, if you want to keep this vegetarian.
- Note on Servings: We will eat two each, with that making up our entire meal. If you serve with soup, some veggies, etc., in a more usual fashion, you can probably serve 3 or 4 people.
- Cheese filling: Take about 4 ounces of the farmers' cheese and place in a small bowl. Add the minced green top of one scallion, a pinch of salt and about 1 tbl of cooked minced bacon (I just take from the sauce). You might need a little of the bacon grease to help mix it together. Minced mint or tarragon is traditional, but I had none. I mixed it well and divided into six sections. I then divided the dough into six sections. Cheese filled dumplings are traditionally smaller. Make then as above, but form them into round balls - again, the shape is traditional when using a cheese filling. They will take a minute or two less to cook.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 385.3, Fat 24.6, SaturatedFat 14.3, Cholesterol 104.7, Sodium 1044.2, Carbohydrate 25, Fiber 1, Sugar 0.9, Protein 16.1
POTATO BLINIS - LITHUANIAN.
This is a Lithuanian recipe from my mother-in-law. She always uses some powdered sulphur, burned, to keep her potato mixture white, but I am too afraid to use it, so the last of my mixture always goes brown through oxidation. Don't worry though.... when cooked it reverts to it's proper 'whiteness'. As Lithuania is bordered by both Russia and Poland, Latvia and Belarus it's cuisine is influenced by them all, plus Germany, Estonia, Finland, and Scandinavia but it still manages to be different from them all.
Provided by iknitok
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 45m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Grate the potatoes on the star pattern of your grater, so it comes out looking like a sort of paste.
- Stir in the salt, then start making a well in the mix with a large spoon, removing as much water as possible.
- When you are fed up with this procedure, mix in the egg. At this stage you may want to add a spoonful of flour (plain) or cornflour, but try to resist as it alters the taste of the blini. A spoon of potato flour or starch would be better, but nothing at all is really necessary.
- Add oil and butter to a hot pan, put spoonsful of mixture - 1 spoon per blini - and cook until golden, turn and cook the other side until golden. Place on a platter, covered, in a warm oven to keep warm until the rest of the mixture is cooked.
- My mother-in-law has always served these with several side dishes of quartered tomatoes, sliced lengthwise cucumbers both fresh and pickled (Polski Ogorki), sour cream, caviar, as either an entree or a main, depending upon how many pounds of potatoes used and how keen you are.
QUICK SLOVENIAN CHEESE DUMPLINGS
Similar to #263677 Pierogi Leniwe (Polish Cheese Dumplings) but maybe a little easier and less time-consuming. Simple to make and very good. Great for Lenten meals. From a Slovenian Cookbook in my collection.
Provided by Jezski
Categories Cheese
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Crumble cheese. (Can use processor for smoother texture.) Add beaten eggs, salt, butter and flour. Mix well. Chill for easier handling.
- Pat and roll dough with hands on a floured board so it will be 1" in diameter, like a sausage. Cut into 1-1/2" pieces.
- Bring 3 qts. water to a brisk boil and drop in ALL the dumplings. Cook for 15 minutes COVERED. Water must boil briskly all the while.
- Serve with buttered bread crumbs.
- Can make ahead and refrigerate.
TUROSGOMBOC - HUNGARIAN FARMER'S CHEESE DUMPLINGS
My mother used to make these on special occasions. It is a simple, but filling desert food. It is not overly sweet, and has a wonderfully cheesy flavor. The toasted bread crumb coating contrasts the delightfully creamy texture of the dumpling, while the cinnamon sugar perfectly complements the mild cheese. These are traditionally served with granulated sugar and thin sour cream, but we prefer them with cinnamon sugar!
Provided by The Portugarians
Categories Cheesecake
Time 55m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Using a wooden spoon, press the farmers cheese through a medium sieve into a large bowl.
- Add the egg, the semolina, and the pinch of salt.
- Mix with wooden spoon until the dough reaches a uniformly stiff consistency.
- Refrigerate mixture for at least 30 minutes.
- Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.
- While the dough chills, prepare the toasted breadcrumbs.
- Melt butter in a nonstick or cast iron pan. Add the bread crumbs, stirring and tossing until a golden brown color is achieved. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside.
- Reduce the water's heat to a simmer.
- Using wet hands to prevent the dough from sticking, form dumplings 2 inches in diameter, and drop them gently into the water. (Do not crowd the dumplings in the water. As the first ones float and are removed you can add new ones to replace them.)
- You may give a gentle stir to ensure the dumplings don't rest on the bottom of the pot.
- When the dumplings float to the surface they are done.
- Using a bamboo strainer or a slotted spoon, remove the cooked dumplings to the pan of bread crumbs.
- Roll the dumplings around until well coated.
- Serve immediately with cinnamon sugar (or plain granulated sugar) and sour cream (we usually thin it with milk so it flows a little better).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 239.8, Fat 6, SaturatedFat 3.1, Cholesterol 46.5, Sodium 477.9, Carbohydrate 31.9, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 2.5, Protein 13.7
CHEESE DUMPLINGS
Make and share this Cheese Dumplings recipe from Food.com.
Provided by CookingONTheSide
Categories Breads
Time 15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a bowl, combine Bisquick, parmesan and oregano.
- Add milk and stir until a dough forms.
- With Bisquick-dusted hands, roll dough into 12 balls.
- Add the dumplings to soup; cover and simmer until dumplings are cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 97.2, Fat 4.4, SaturatedFat 1.8, Cholesterol 6.7, Sodium 282.3, Carbohydrate 10.4, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 2.6, Protein 3.8
CEPELINAI (MEAT & POTATO DUMPLINGS)
Try your hand at making these Lithuanian cepelinai - dumplings made with pork or beef mince encased in potato. They take a little effort but are well worth it
Provided by Tomas Lidakevicius
Categories Dinner
Time 1h40m
Yield Serves 4 (makes 8)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cook the onion and garlic with 1 tsp oil in a frying pan over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. Remove half the mixture from the pan and put in a large bowl to cool. When cool, add the mince and egg, season well and mix together. Remove the rest of the onions and garlic from the pan and put in another bowl.
- Heat the remaining ½ tsp oil in a frying pan over a medium-low heat and fry the pancetta for a couple of minutes until the fat starts to melt. Tip in the reserved onions and garlic and cook for 8-10 mins until golden. Set aside.
- Take a third of the potatoes, chop each into four and put in a large pan of cold salted water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 mins until cooked. Drain in a colander, then leave to steam-dry for 5 mins. Crush the potatoes as smooth as you can with a masher or use a potato ricer.
- Finely grate the remaining raw potatoes using a food processor. Squeeze the grated potatoes through a muslin or tea towel over a bowl to squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Set the bowl of liquid aside and after 5-10 mins it will separate with the potato starch at the bottom of the bowl. Carefully drain off the water, then scrape the starch back into the bowl of raw potatoes. Stir in the citric acid or lemon juice - this will prevent the cepelinai becoming very dark. Add the cooked mashed potato to the raw, add the 2 tbsp potato starch or cornflour, season well and mix to combine.
- Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Season the potato mixture and shape into palm-sized 2cm thin cakes. Add the mince mixture and roll between your palms into large egg shapes, packing the potato around the mince tightly - it helps to wet your hands for this. Add them to the simmering water one at a time and cook for 20-25 mins - when they float to the surface they are done.
- To serve, warm up the pancetta mix. Put two cepelinai on each plate, add a dollop of soured cream and top with the pancetta mix and dill.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 851 calories, Fat 27 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 102 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 7 grams sugar, Fiber 11 grams fiber, Protein 44 grams protein, Sodium 1.5 milligram of sodium
POTATO CEPELINAI
Make and share this Potato Cepelinai recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Food.com
Categories Potato
Time 1h15m
Yield 4-5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the potatoes:.
- Put the grated potatoes into a large piece of fine-mesh cheesecloth or smooth kitchen towel, grabbing corners together to form a pouch. Wring the towel over a bowl, straining the excess liquid from the grated potatoes through the cloth, squeezing firmly with your hands until the potatoes are as dry as possible. Put the potatoes into a mixing bowl. Reserve the liquid. Let the starch settle to the bottom of the bowl of liquid, then pour the liquid off; add the starch back to the potatoes. Mash the boiled potatoes or run them through a ricer, and then add to the grated ones. Add the eggs and a dash of salt and knead well.
- For the meat:.
- Combine the beef, pork, salt, pepper and garlic in a bowl. Mix well with your hands. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
- For cooking the cepelinai:.
- Bring a large wide pot of salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, roll about 1-cupful of the potato mixture into a ball with your hands. Gently flatten it into a 1/2-inch-thick round patty. Place 1/4 cup of the meat mixture into the center of the potatoes. Cup your hands together to seal the potato into a football shape, gently forming into an oval. Repeat forming more cepelinais with the remaining potato and meat mixtures.
- Gently slip the cepelinai into the boiling water, allowing the water to return to a boil before the next dumpling is added. Do not overcrowd the cepelinai in the pot. Stir carefully and occasionally. Boil until the dumplings are translucent and the meat is cooked through, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove the dumplings using a slotted spoon, drain and place on a heated platter.
- For the bacon sauce:.
- Cook the bacon and onions in a little olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until the onions are lightly browned. Pour off some of the excess fat. For richer gravy, stir the sour cream carefully into the bacon-onion mixture. Blend well but do not boil. You can also serve the sour cream on the side. Spoon the bacon and onions over the cepelinais and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1625, Fat 52, SaturatedFat 18.5, Cholesterol 260.6, Sodium 1261.4, Carbohydrate 234.3, Fiber 29.6, Sugar 11.8, Protein 58.6
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