Minced beef and pork dumplings

Minced beef and pork ravioli is a traditional filling of the popular Russian cuisine dish. Now on the shops you can see a huge range of these products, differing from each other in size and fillings. Still, the store option never compares with homemade dumplings.

The same amount of beef and pork for dumplings filling - the best option. It is this combination that makes it soft, juicy and fragrant. In itself, pork meat is too fat, and beef, on the contrary, is lean, dry and tough. Therefore, individually, they will not give the desired result. Changing the proportions of mince is undesirable. There are several secrets to make it airy, more gentle and juicy, without experimenting with the amount of basic ingredients.

Classic stuffing for beef and pork ravioli

The perfect meat for minced meat is fresh, and even better - fresh. Frozen meat preparations are a bad option, because they contain a lot of excess liquid, and during defrosting they lose both nutrients and taste.

Ingredients:

• 300 grams of beef;
• 300 g pork;
• 1 egg;
• 2 onions;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• salt, ground black pepper.

Cooking:

1. Prepare the meat: peel off the films, tendons, rinse and dry. Grind the finished product, passing through a meat grinder at least 3 times.
2. If possible, chop the onion with a blender and add to the meat. If there is no blender, spend a little more time, but cut it as small as possible.
3. Salt and pepper meat with onions, add garlic passed through a press.
4. Beat the egg well with a fork and add to the mince too.
5. Knead and repel all ingredients well. To do this, put the mass into a ball, then abruptly, with all your might, throw it on the table. So repeat time 15. This will make the stuffing very soft and juicy.
6. Now your filling is ready and you can make real homemade dumplings.
7. If it seems to you that the mixture turned out to be liquid, you should not change the proportions of meat and add more beef. Better to mix in the minced milled crust of bread. If, on the contrary, it seems to you that the mass has turned out to be a little dry, add well-beaten egg white.

Homemade stuffing for ravioli with cabbage

The stuffing made according to this recipe contains rather unusual ingredients. But, believe me, its taste, juiciness and tenderness will conquer even those who are not an ardent admirer of such a dish as dumplings.

Ingredients:

• 500 g pork;
• 500 g of beef;
• 2 onions;
• 200 g of fresh white cabbage;
• 0.5 tbsp. milk;
• salt, pepper to taste.
• 1 egg

Cooking:

1. It is extremely important that the onions and cabbage are very finely chopped. Before adding to the minced cabbage, sprinkle some salt on the cabbage and remember with your hands to give it juice.
2. In minced meat, gently mix the onion and cabbage.
3. Salt and pepper, add the egg.
4. Make a small depression in the stuffing and gradually pour milk into it. The mass should not be liquid.
5. Having reached the desired consistency, begin to form dumplings.
6. In the finished dish, cabbage is not felt at all, but gives all its juiciness to meat and makes the dumplings incredibly tasty.

Spicy dumpling minced with spices

If you like a variety of spices, then pig and beef minced, seasoned with spices, you will surely like.

Ingredients:

• 300 g pork;
• 300 grams of beef;
• 1 egg;
• 1 onion;
• ½ tsp ground ginger;
• ½ tsp ground coriander;
• salt pepper;
• greens at will.

Cooking:

1. In the minced meat, add beaten egg, salt, pepper, spices and finely chopped greens.
2. Mix everything thoroughly and let the mixture stand for about 15 minutes so that the meat is saturated with the aroma and taste of spices.

Stuffing for real Siberian dumplings

Real Siberian dumplings are made from three types of meat and have their own subtleties, thanks to which the filling is always very juicy and fragrant.

Ingredients:

• 300 g pork;
• 300 grams of beef;
• 300 grams of lamb;
• 3 onions;
• 300 grams of cabbage;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• salt pepper;
• crushed ice

Cooking:

1. Crush garlic press.
2. Put meat, onions and cabbage together in a bowl of the meat grinder and grind, having passed through it 3-4 times.
3. Mass salt, pepper and mix thoroughly with your hands.
4. Next, add the ice, chopped into small pieces, once again, quickly mix everything up and immediately lay out the filling on the dough.
5. The ice cools the mince well, making it easier to mold the filling, and the finished dumplings are very juicy.
6. If you are not afraid of culinary experiments and appreciate the unusual tastes of familiar dishes, then instead of crushed ice you can use frozen cranberry juice, lingonberries or blueberries. These ingredients will make the taste of the finished products very unusual and piquant.

Now in your culinary book, there will certainly be new ways to cook "real" stuffing for homemade ravioli. Yes, they will have to spend a lot of time on their implementation, but believe me: having tried the dumplings made by you with a soul, with tasty and juicy content, your household (and you too) will once and for all refuse store-like analogues.