Jills Ukrainian Halushki Recipes

HALUSHKI RECIPE (TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Prepare ingredients for the recipe.
• Place the flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a little well in the middle. Place whisked eggs, water, and melted butter into it. Using a fork, work the ingredients together to form the dough. Finish up combining the ingredients by hand until you get a smooth, even texture.
• Divide the dough into eight even pieces. On a floured surface, roll each piece into a long string. Dice each string into small pieces.
• At this point, you can either freeze the raw dough for later use or move onto the next step to cook them.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Toss in the raw dumplings and boil them until they float to the top.
• Gather the topping ingredients.
• Dice mushrooms and sauté them in a buttered skillet for about 5 minutes. Dice the onions and add them to the skillet, cooking them until softened. Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir in bacon pieces, sauté for 5 minutes.
• Place dumplings into a nonstick skillet and add in sautéed mixture and butter. Cook until they turn golden brown.
• Serve immediately and enjoy!

NOODLES, CABBAGE AND ONIONS - HALUSHKI

Steps:

• Variation #1:.
• Cook broad noodles according to package instructions and drain.
• Cut up cabbage, onions, add butter, garlic and brown sugar and water.
• Cook until cabbage is done, making sure no water remains, 5-7 minutes.
• Pour cabbage over noodles and mix well.
• Add salt & pepper, to taste.
• This is a more rustic looking recipe.
• Variation #2:.
• Cook the noodles according to package instructions and drain.
• Cut the cabbage up any way you like, slices or shredded, do the same with the onions, I prefer sliced onions & shredded cabbage.
• Heat a large pan on medium-high heat.
• When the pan is hot, add butter/oil combo, or 'grease' of your choice.
• When the butter & olive oil are hot, add cabbage and onions and saute for a few (about 5 minutes), then add garlic and sugar.
• Turn down the heat to medium and cover the pan.
• Let this cook until the cabbage is soft, about 3 more minutes.
• If you want the cabbage browned more, remove the lid and turn up the heat once again.
• Add the butter/oil combination as you need it.
• Add the cooked noodles and serve.
• Variation #3:.
• Use 1/2 of the butter/oil combination and turn heat to medium-high, when it is hot; add the onions.
• Saute the onions with sugar or substitute for about 10 minutes, until they start to caramelize, then add garlic for another 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Cook noodles according to package directions, and drain.
• Place cabbage in large saute pan with 1 Tablespoon of the butter/oil combination and saute until lightly browned.
• Add the caramelized onions, garlic, cabbage & noodles and marry them for about 1 or 2 minutes, then add salt & pepper, to taste .
• Serve.
• *The amount of ingredients you use depends on how much halushki you want to make. Experiment!

HALUSHKI

Steps:

• Melt unsalted butter in a large skillet. Allow the butter to go to medium brown from the heat.
• Add chopped onions to the browned butter and saute until onions are translucent.
• Add shredded cabbage to the butter/onion mixture and saute until cabbage is soft.
• Add cooked noodles to the cabbage mixture and heat to serving temperature.
• Add Salt and Pepper to taste.

HALUSHKY (POTATO DUMPLINGS) UKRAINE / RUSSIA

Steps:

• Be sure to wash the potatoes before doing anything with them.
• Take the one uncooked, peeled potato. Grind in a meatgrinder.
• Cook the other potatoes in salted water. Drain, cool, peel and grind them also in the meat grinder.
• Combine cooked potatoes with fresh potato and egg.
• Brown finely chopped onion in oil. Combine with flour and stir. Season with salt and red pepper. Mix with the potatoes.
• Bring at least a quart of salted water to a simmmer. Drop in spoonfulls of the batter. Cook at a slow boil for 8-10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to a colander. Do not overcrowd the cooking water.
• To serve, put on a plate and drizzle with butter. Pass with sour cream. It can also be served with fried mushrooms to go with meat dishes.