May 6, 2024

Dumplings: a thousand and one greedy ways to taste them

They are from meat or vegetables, salty or sweet, dumplings are part of these delicious preparations that sublime a soup or wake up an aperitif. Ellen Brown, author of The Meatball Bible: 500 recipes to roll you on the ground! in The Editions de l'Homme, defines the dumpling: "any preparation composed of chopped ingredients that are rolled to shape a ball." We understand that the possibilities are limitless.

 

It's work

Cooking meatballs takes longer than cooking a steak but with a robot we do not hurt. They can also be prepared in advance for freezing and winter storage.

 

They are also dietary

The meatballs are not necessarily caloric. It's not just sausage meat. There are also receipts light like dumplings Steamed chicken or meatballs fish Lemongrass with short bouillon. They can also be more refined like dumplings with orange or polenta dumplings with porcini mushrooms.

 

A unique preparation
The preparation technique is universal: the pellets consist of a central ingredient (meatvegetable fish), seasonings and herbs, an egg and carbohydrates (bread crumbs, bread crumbs, cereals).

 

of the receipts varied
Every country, every region has its own recipe : zucchini balls with mint and feta cheese in Greece, keftas in Lebanon, falafels in the Middle East, pork balls in China, and albondigas in Spain. The cooking methods are just as multiple. The meatballs can be fried, steamed, grilled or poached. The pan makes it possible to obtain well-gilded dumplings.



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