In order not to die of melancholy during the holidays and feasts, it is customary to come up with all kinds of entertainment and comic predictions. Many such people are born in the minds of men. Some are forgotten due to the inability to win the sympathy of the public, others become folk traditions. The latter include dumplings with surprises. Who came up with such fun, it is no longer clear, only the people fell in love with it. We have selected the best proven recipes for you to make your holiday a success.
Dough for New Year's dumplings
Of course, now you can buy it, but it's much more fun to do everything with your own hands, in the company of friends or relatives. Moreover, the dough for dumplings is very simple to prepare.
Take three glasses of flour. Sift. Then add salt (half a teaspoon). Now you need to make a small depression in the slide. One spoonful of sunflower or olive oil is poured into it. It is necessary for the dough to be fluffy and elastic. Now you need to add a glass of water (boiled) and knead the dough.
Important: the dumplings will be tasty if the dough is firm but pliable. This is achieved by "muscular efforts." You will have to work (knead) with the dough for at least fifteen minutes. Leave this process to the strongest member of the team. And then your hands will hurt. If you have a food processor or bread maker, it is quite possible to entrust the process to the machine.
Alternative dough recipe
For those who understand in advance that they will not be able to knead for so long, it is recommended to add one egg to the above recipe. The dough will be more "stiff", but it can be made much faster.
If instead of water you pour a glass of kefir (sour milk) into the dough, you will get a “fluffy” dough for dumplings. It is only necessary to add half a teaspoon of soda (to kefir). Please note that such products will "fit" and increase in size during cooking!
After the dough, surprises and filling are ready, you can start sculpting.
Filling with surprises
For fortune telling, what they do not put inside the dumplings (if you do not know the meaning, look in the article Fortune telling on dumplings). It is only necessary to take into account that not all fillers are initially compatible with food. For example, if you want to add a coin or a button (and so on), then you should take care of the heat treatment of the attribute. Especially when it comes to money. Coins must be boiled, buttons and other non-food items must be doused with boiling water.
And in general, it should be borne in mind that the dish takes 5-10 minutes to cook. Therefore, coloring agents and harmful additives will affect the entire contents of the pan. It is recommended to be more careful about what will become a "sign" so as not to run after medicines.
And dumplings without surprises can be made with the following fillings:
- mashed potatoes with fried onions;
- minced meat fried with onions (dumplings option);
- mashed potatoes with mushrooms and onions:
- mashed potatoes with sauerkraut;
- Adyghe cheese (mash it with a fork, add salt, sugar and a raw egg);
- cottage cheese (the filling is prepared in the same way as the previous one);
- with egg and spinach (spinach can be frozen).
And it is also very tasty to fry the dumplings in butter or vegetable oil. It turns out such small pasties!
How to serve and eat dumplings with surprises
It is clear that for successful fortune-telling you need to create an atmosphere of mystery. Dim the lights (you can leave the garlands), turn on quiet music. The treat itself is best laid out on a beautiful dish or tray. For fortune telling, the dark color of the dishes is recommended. Of course, not everyone uses exotic dishes every day, but for the New Year's ritual, you can purchase it ahead of time.
All fortunetellers put dumplings on their plate. Then everything is simple - whatever surprise comes, then the fortuneteller awaits next year. Bon appetit and a merry Old New Year!
