A deliciously tender dish with milk sauce and a crispy crust, dumplings in the oven, unpretentious and quick to prepare. It will delight relatives at a daily meal and surprise sophisticated guests at the festive table.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
There are two ways to cook dumplings in the oven. The first is to pre-boil them until half cooked or lay them raw. The first option reduces the time spent in the oven, and the second increases. Dumplings are prepared in the oven with a variety of vegetables, meat, mushrooms, liver, etc. Pour them with broth, sour cream, milk, sauce. And for an appetizing crust, sprinkle them with cheese. Additional products, such as vegetables or liver, must first be fried separately, and only then put in a baking dish. Also do with meat and mushrooms. Today I propose to learn how to cook dumplings in the oven with milk sauce, cheese and onions. Without spending a lot of time and effort, you will surprise your loved ones with an excellent hearty meal.
To properly prepare this dish, the following tips will help you. If you boil the dumplings beforehand, then do not bring them to readiness, because they will still be baked in the sauce where, and will reach full cooking. If, on the contrary, you lay them raw, then the amount of sauce should be increased so that the dumplings can be completely saturated with it. When baking a dish, it is advisable to cover it with a lid or food foil. In the absence of both, cover the dumplings with unleavened dough. Pouring will affect the final flavor of the dish. For example, milk and sour cream will add a creamy hue, vegetable or meat broth - richness, tomato paste or juice - a light piquant sourness.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 275 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- Dumplings - 300-400 g
- Hard cheese - 50 g
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Milk - 200 ml
- Butter - for frying
- Salt to taste
Step by step cooking of dumplings in the oven with milk sauce:
1. Pour water into a saucepan, salt and boil. Lower the frozen dumplings and stir to keep them from sticking together. Boil them over medium heat after boiling until half cooked.
2. Tip the dumplings into a colander to drain all the liquid. By the way, if there is no milk, then you can pour the dumplings with the water in which they were cooked.
3. Grate the cheese on a medium grater.
4. Peel the onions, wash and chop into half rings.
5. Melt the butter in a skillet. If you want the dish to be less greasy, use vegetable oil.
6. Place the chopped onion in a skillet and sauté until transparent over medium heat.
7. When the onion is golden, pour the milk into the pan.
8. Heat the milk and add the cheese shavings. Heat the sauce to melt the cheese as much as possible.
9. Choose a baking dish. It can be glass, ceramic, or some other shape. At the bottom, place half a serving of fried onions with sauce.
10. Spread the dumplings evenly on top.
11. Pour the remaining sauce over the dumplings and cover the casserole with a lid or cling foil.
12. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and send the dumplings to bake for literally 15 minutes. If you want the dish to have a baked brown crust, then cook it open. Serve hot dumplings after cooking.
See also a video recipe on how to cook baked dumplings with sauce.
