Pelmeni (Helen's favorite dumplings)

Summary by Krater

This video details a comprehensive guide to making pelmeni, a traditional Russian dumpling, focusing on a flavorful meat filling made of beef, pork, and veal, wrapped in an egg-based pasta dough, and served with brown butter and sour cream.

From the video

Answers: How do you make homemade pelmeni from scratch?

• pelmeni dough preparation
• meat filling for dumplings
• shaping pelmeni
• brown butter sauce
• cooking and freezing pelmeni

Ingredients

• 300 g "00" pasta flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 1 tsp table salt
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 185 g water
• 3/4 cup gelatinous stock
• 1 peeled celery stick
• 1 small yellow onion
• 1 garlic clove
• a handful dill, parsley, or cilantro
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• black pepper
• 1 lb ground meat (beef, pork, and veal)
• lemon

What it concludes

• Stock produces not only tasty juice, but also a better texture for the meat because of gelatin.
• Diamond Crystal kosher salt is way less salty than Morton's kosher salt.
• A pasta roller is much easier for rolling out the dough.
• Freezing pelmeni on a baking sheet before transferring to a freezer bag prevents them from dehydrating and cracking.
• Pelmeni taste best when served with both butter and sour cream.