Do you like dumplings? But tired of cooking them according to the classic recipe? Do you want to cook them in a new way? Then I suggest baking them in the oven with béchamel sauce. This is an amazing delicacy that will not leave anyone indifferent.

Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Dumplings are a dish that often saves bachelors or busy housewives with limited time. But even their usual cooking sometimes becomes boring and you want to do something new. But, in addition to the traditional main way of preparing them, you can show your imagination and create an exclusive innovative dish. Dreamer culinary experts have invented many cultural culinary treasures at their leisure, and today I will share one of them. Let's be smart and make a real culinary masterpiece that is not only easy to prepare, but also incredibly tasty. Today we will bake the dumplings in the oven, season them with fried onions and fill them with béchamel sauce. Of course, this process will take a little more time than just cooking. But the dish will be very tasty. They can even feed unexpected guests.
If you have a lot of free time, then you can cook dumplings yourself at home. Others can take a stale bag out of the freezer and make a dish that no one can resist! Having mastered this recipe, then you can experiment with the dish. For example, you can make mushroom filling, season with sour cream, tomato sauce, etc. And the main bonus of this dish is that the dish can be prepared from the leftover dumplings that were not eaten for breakfast.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 280 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 40 minutes

Ingredients:
- Dumplings - 300 g
- Milk - 300 ml
- Butter - 50 g
- Ground pepper - a pinch
- Flour - 1, 5 tablespoons
- Hard cheese - 100 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Salt - a pinch
- Ground nutmeg - 1/3 tsp
Step-by-step recipe for baked dumplings with béchamel sauce:

1. Place the pan on the stove and add the butter. Melt it over medium heat.

2. Peel the onions, wash and chop into thin half rings. Send it to the skillet with melted butter.

3. Over medium heat, stirring occasionally, fry it until golden brown.

4. After pouring in milk, add salt, ground pepper and nutmeg.

5. Heat the milk, bringing it to a boil. Then add flour by spraying it over the pan. Over low heat, stirring constantly so that there are no lumps, boil the food for 2-3 minutes until the sauce acquires a viscous consistency.

6. Meanwhile, boil the salted water and boil the dumplings. Boil them for half the time indicated on the package. They will come to readiness in the oven.

7. Put the finished dumplings in an ovenproof dish, which can be placed in the oven.

8. Pour the onion béchamel into the dumplings.

9. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle the dumplings.
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10. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and send the food to bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm immediately after cooking. But if the dish cools down, you can reheat it in the microwave.
See also the video recipe on how to make dumplings casserole.