Fish dumplings

A dish that is little known, but deserves special attention. Dumplings filled with fish turn out tender, juicy and flavorful. Cooking a recipe for fish dumplings will be a wonderful nutritious option for vegetarians and for supporters of good nutrition. Fish is a real treasure trove of useful elements, and combining it with all your favorite dumplings makes the dish winning and special. And, of course, choosing products of high quality, such as, for example, Lina dumplings, you get an excellent result and inexpressible flavor.  The process of cooking homemade fish dumplings does not differ from the usual meat dumplings, but the result will amaze and impress.

Ingredients for the dough:

1. wheat flour - 250 gr;
2. water - 120 ml;
3. vegetable oil - 1.5 tbsp;
4. salt - 1 tsp.

Ingredients for juicy fish dumpling filling:

1. red fish fillet - 350 gr;
2. onion - 90 g (2 small onions);
3. garlic - 3-4 cloves;
4. salt - 0.5 tsp;
5. ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp.

Clarifications and hints before cooking:

1. Fish does not necessarily have to be red. White fish is also suitable: hake, pollock, etc. You can also mix red and white fish in a 1:1 ratio. This will not affect the cooking time.
2. Vegetable oil can be replaced with olive oil.
3. In the step-by-step description, the fillet is cut into small pieces, as can be seen in the photo. And how to prepare fish mince for dumplings? Use a meat grinder. But the pieces turn out more saturated taste, and the fish does not give excess liquid.
4. Flour is better to take the highest grade, it is easier to work with it, and the dough will turn out for sure.
5. Blanks can be frozen for the future. The main thing is to sprinkle each layer with flour so that they do not stick together.

Description of preparation of fish dumplings recipe with photo and step-by-step steps:

1. The first thing to do is to prepare the dough. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl or mixer cup. Knead on medium speed for about 3 minutes with the mixer, or knead the dough by hand for about 10 minutes.

2. The dough for fish dumplings is elastic and pliable. Wrap it in cling film and let it rest at room temperature for about half an hour.
3. Separate the fish from the skin, finely chop or twist into mincemeat.

4. Finely chop onion and garlic and fry in a pan until onion is transparent.

5. Mix the fish with the dressing, season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly.
6. Roll out the dough. You can use a mold for dumplings, if you do not have one, then cut out circles with a glass and manually seal the edges.
7. And now how to make fish dumplings quickly and easily. The first rolled out layer is laid out on the mold, previously sprinkled with flour, then put the filling in each compartment and slightly pressed into the dough.

8. Place the second layer of dough on top.

9. Roll the dumplings with a rolling pin a few times so that the borders between the dumplings become visible. Turn over, shake and the pieces will fall out. Some can be helped with a finger, but carefully, so as not to tear. If the edges of the dough slightly separated, it's okay, you need to seal by hand.

10. Repeat process until ingredients run out.

11. Put a pot of water on the stove. After boiling, salt to taste and proceed to the final part.
12. Using a skimmer or a spoon, drop the desired amount of fish dumplings into the water.

13. Boil for 8 minutes and serve hot to the table.

Very tasty fish dumplings are ready to serve. They can be decorated with butter, horseradish or sour cream, sprinkle with basil leaves or other herbs. The flavor is rich and pleasant. Such a dish will diversify the usual menu and please your family.