Hungarian cottage cheese dumplings (Túrógombóc)
Ingredients
- 500 grams of dry, crumbly cottage cheese (17.6 ounces)
- 2 eggs – separated
- 100 grams of semolina (or rice semolina) (3.5 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 tablespoons of vanilla flavored sugar or 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Zest of a medium lemon
- 12 tablespoons of white breadcrumbs or ground walnuts
- 2 tablespoons of oil for toasting the breadcrumbs
- Powdered sugar
Takes
Serves 14-16 medium sized balls.
Instructions
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- Separate egg yolks from the whites. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Beat the egg yolks with two tablespoons of sugar and the vanillin sugar.
- Place the cottage cheese in a bowl and crumble it or put it through a sieve. Add the egg yolk, the egg white, the semolina, and the lemon zest and stir to combine.
- Put aside and let sit for 20 minutes, so the semolina absorbs moisture from the cheese. In the meantime, toast the breadcrumbs in oil over a low heat. Set aside.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a gentle boil.
- Shape the mixture into dumplings in the palms of your hands, moistened with water.
- Slide the dumplings into the boiling water and stir gently for the first minute, to prevent sticking. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until the dumplings rise to the surface.
- Remove the dumplings from the water using a spoon, drain and lightly roll them in breadcrumbs browned in oil.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with sour cream.
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Is the cottage cheese dry???? Or is it regular????? Please advise
Hello,
We always use dry cottage cheese in Hungary. It is similar to farmer’s cheese in the USA.
Agnes
Use ONLY farmers cheese! or make your own, that is the best: 1 gallon milk bring it to a boil, than add 1/2 gallon buttermilk, keep it on the stove till the curd separates from the liquid. than drain the “cottage chesse”… voila! enjoy
can this be made ahead or does it need to be freshly made
Hi Szuzi,
it is the best freshly made.
Kind regards,
Agnes
I am celiac (diagnosed 3 years ago), so I use polenta instead of semolina (also use it instead of semolina for dumplings in soup) and works really well, if I don’t tell it is polenta, nobody notices the difference.
Celiak vagyok (3 évvel ezelőtt diagnosztizálták), ezért búzadara helyett polentát használok (a levesbe gombócokhoz szintén búzadara helyett), és nagyon jó, szinte nem lehet különbséget érezni.
Hi Agnes. Mit tudunk hasznalni dry cottage cheese helyet Australiaba. Wet cottage cheese vagy ricotta?
Hi Judit!
Használjátok a ricottát, az kicsit krémesebb, mint a rendes túró, így vigyázni kell, hogy ne legyen túl lágy, mert akkor szétesik főzés közben. Lehet, hogy egy kicsit több búzadarát kell beletenni, hogy jó legyen. Először teszteljetek egy gombócot, ha nem esik szét, akkor jó, ha igen, akkor mehet bele még búzadara.
Remélem, jól sikerülnek a túrógombócok! :)
Üdv,
Ági