You can freeze lazy cottage cheese dumplings in the same way as “hardworking” ones. They are prepared from the same products. The only difference is in the method of preparation. Semi-finished flour products without preservatives (homemade) can be stored in the freezer for 1 to 3 months. They do not need to be defrosted before cooking - they should be thrown directly into boiling water. After surfacing, they cook for 2 minutes. In total, cooking takes no more than 10 minutes. This is very convenient when you need to quickly prepare a hearty breakfast or dinner!
How to cook lazy dumplings with cherries
You can find many recipes for lazy dumplings
with cherries, where users are invited to knead the most ordinary dough, roll it out, cut it, then place cherries, previously pitted, on the blanks and make miniature dumplings. I still don’t understand why everyone thinks that such dumplings with cherries can be called lazy? It will take a lot of time to prepare them...
I want to offer you something different. Make sweet lazy dumplings
with cottage cheese (see recipe above).
And as a “gravy” for them, prepare cherry jelly, trying to keep the whole, uncooked berries in it. This option is good because you can use any cherries you have on hand - frozen, canned, candied, and not exclusively fresh, as for traditional berry dumplings. Lazy dumplings with cherries.
How to cook lazy dumplings with semolina
Lazy dumplings
with semolina - another interpretation on the theme of
lazy dumplings
with cottage cheese. Semolina partially replaces flour in them and gives the finished dish a unique taste. It is good to prepare the dough for them in the evening, since the semolina should be well saturated with the liquid contained in the dough and swell, and the dumplings themselves can then be cooked in the morning for breakfast.
For 500 g of cottage cheese you will need to take 2 eggs, 5-6 tablespoons of semolina, about ¾ cup of flour, salt and sugar to taste. In addition, it would be a good idea to add 2-3 tablespoons of melted butter to the dough: it will then turn out more juicy and tender. And then lazy dumplings
with semolina are prepared according to the scheme already known to you: the dough is kneaded, cubes are formed and boiled.
Is it possible to freeze cottage cheese in the freezer?
A typical household freezer doesn't cool food fast enough, and that's the only problem. Due to this regime, the moisture in the cottage cheese will freeze into ice crystals, changing the structure, and when thawing, liquid whey may leak out. Taste qualities cannot change just because of this, the consistency changes.
Then is it possible to freeze cottage cheese in such a way that when thawed it fully retains its properties? To do this, it is better to use chambers equipped with a quick or fast function. In this case, the cottage cheese freezes more evenly, and when thawed it differs little from fresh. Of course, before putting it in the freezer, you need to pack the cottage cheese in thick polyethylene to protect it from foreign odors. Plastic trays designed for food and resistant to low temperatures are also suitable.
How to cook lazy dumplings with cabbage
And here are the lazy dumplings
with cabbage are prepared slightly differently than their “brothers with cottage cheese and potatoes.”
Cabbage does not need to be mixed with the dough ingredients. It is simply finely chopped and stewed in butter. If desired, you can add sauteed onions to the cabbage, but you can completely do without it. Make a dough from 1 cup of kefir, 1 cup of flour, 1 egg and a pinch of salt, roll it into a layer 0.5 cm thick, cut into small squares and boil them in salted boiling water. Then put the lazy dumplings
in a colander, let the water drain and combine the dough squares with cabbage. All that remains is to lightly fry the dish and serve it with sour cream. By the way, there is an even more “lazy” version of this recipe, where the dough squares are simply replaced with pasta.
Homemade curd semi-finished products
It is not necessary to buy factory-made semi-finished products. You can prepare dishes for future use, make dumplings, make cheesecakes, which you only need to heat up later. The doubts of most housewives wondering whether it is possible to freeze lazy dumplings and casseroles are now easily dispelled. These three dishes are combined by the type of preparation. You can store them in the freezer either in the form of semi-finished or ready-made products, then all you have to do is reheat them.
When wondering whether it is possible to freeze cottage cheese in the freezer, housewives first of all strive to provide their family with tasty and healthy dishes, but without spending too much time and effort. This is a great way to save money, because it becomes possible to buy products at a reduced price - many sellers agree to sell cottage cheese at a discount if the buyer takes three or four kilograms at once.
How to cook lazy dumplings with potatoes
Lazy dumplings recipe
with potatoes is very similar to the previous one, with the only difference being that sugar is completely unnecessary here (I hope everyone understands why), and instead of cottage cheese, the same amount of mashed potatoes is used. A sausage is made from the resulting potato dough in the same way, and the resulting pieces need to be rolled in flour and only then cooked in salted boiling water until they float.
Serve lazy dumplings
with potatoes it is usually combined with vegetable oil and onions fried until golden brown, and cracklings are also excellent for this dish.
Lazy dumplings with potatoes can have this unusual shape.
How and for how long to store?
The shelf life of lazy dumplings depends on the temperature and quality of packaging:
- According to GOST, semi-finished flour products should be stored at a temperature of -18 degrees, which corresponds to the average freezer compartment of a refrigerator.
- The second important condition for the safety of the product is sealed packaging.
If these conditions are met, dumplings with cottage cheese can be kept in the freezer for 3 months. If the temperature in the freezer is -12 degrees or the package with semi-finished products is not airtight, you should eat them within 1 month.
It is advisable to immediately divide the preparations into portions so that you do not have to unpack and pack them each time. The number of products in one package may vary depending on the number of family members.
If you're tired of boiling dumplings in water, try steaming them or baking them in the oven. You can also experiment with sauces and toppings. Lazy dumplings with cottage cheese go well with yogurt sauce and strawberry-chocolate topping.
Various semi-finished products allow you to save valuable time and are very helpful when you need to cook something quickly. Unfortunately, the quality of store-bought dumplings often leaves much to be desired, and classic homemade ones are time consuming and troublesome to make. Lazy dumplings with cottage cheese are much easier to prepare, and at the same time they are just as tasty and healthy. The preparations can be frozen in the freezer or boiled immediately. To ensure maximum shelf life, care should be taken to ensure sealed packaging. In this case, the prepared lazy dumplings with cottage cheese can be kept in the freezer and boiled as needed for 3 months.
Which product to choose for storage?
Cottage cheese can be dry, wet, fatty and low-fat, store-bought and homemade. How not to get confused in this variety, and is it possible to freeze cottage cheese for storage if it is purchased for an occasion, without the special purpose of creating a stock?
Homemade cottage cheese made from unskimmed milk has a high percentage of fat content, has a pleasant creamy hue and a sweetish delicate taste, is well stored, and does not form whey streaks. Store-bought cottage cheese is usually sold in wet packaging, for good reason: its moisture content is higher than that of a homemade product. A completely legitimate question arises: “Is it possible to freeze cottage cheese that contains so much moisture?” Experience shows that any product is suitable for this, you just need to follow simple rules.
