Sour Cherry Dumplings I

Description

In Romanian: Coltunasi cu visine

Ingredients

Dough

• 12 oz / 350 g flour
• 1 egg
• ½ cup water
• salt

Filling

• 1 lb / 500 g ripe sour cherries
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 cup sour cream

Procedures

Dough

1. Sift the flour, make a nest in the middle and place the egg and salt there.
2. Mix the egg with a little flour, adding some water too.
3. Make stiff dough.
4. Make a ball of the dough, cover with a cloth and let rest for 10 – 15 minutes.
5. Roll a thin sheet and cut 3 inch squares.

Filling

1. Wash the sour cherries, remove pits and leave them in the strainer with some sugar.
2. During this time, prepare the dough.
3. Before filling the dumplings, press down on the sour cherries to drain the liquid.
4. Mix this liquid with 3 tablespoons of sugar and refrigerate.
5. Fill the dumplings, boil them, drain them and then rinse them in lots of cold water.
6. Drain them well, arrange on the serving plate, powder them with the rest of sugar and then pour the cherry liquid mixed with sour cream on top.
7. Serve cold.