Fans of hearty casseroles of dough and meat, like lasagna, will rejoice when they learn that cooking a multicomponent dish can now be greatly simplified by replacing layers of dough and meat with purchased pelmeni. In the people, such a casserole of dumplings, cooked in the oven was called "Lazy Wife" for understandable reasons. Regardless of whether you have a handful of homemade ravioli at hand or if you have stocked with a purchased product, a hearty casserole will be tasty anyway.
Dumplings in an oven with sour cream and cheese - recipe
"Classic" among dishes of this format can be considered pelmeni, baked in the oven with a sauce based on cheese, sour cream or mayonnaise. Yes, the benefits and low caloric content are clearly not the main trump cards of this dish, but simplicity and satiety are quite.
Ingredients:
- frozen dumplings - 780 g;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- sour cream - 265 g;
- onion - 310 g;
- garlic teeth - 4 pcs .;
- hard cheese - 135 g.
Preparation
Start cooking with the onion. To the golden semicircles, in the last half-minute of cooking, add the garlic choked and let it run off. Whisk the sauce from eggs and sour cream, season it to taste. Warm up the oiled baking dish before laying out the dumplings - this will help the semi-finished products do not stick to the bottom. After distributing the ravioli over the surface, lay a layer of onions on top and then pour everything over with sour cream sauce. In the final, sprinkle the dish with grated cheese and place in a heated to 200 degrees oven for 35-40 minutes.
How delicious to bake dumplings in the oven?
Want to give a simple pelmeno casserole of Italian chic? Then pour the dumplings with alfredo sauce. Such a recipe, however, will require a little more effort than a dish with egg-sour cream sauce, but the result will completely reflect your efforts.
Ingredients:
- cream for whipping - 475 ml;
- hard cheese - 135 g;
- butter - 60 g;
- dumplings - 790 g.
Preparation
In the saucepan, melt the butter and pour cream on it. When the latter begin to thicken, remove the dishes from the fire, pour the cheese and wait until it completely melts. Try the finished sauce and season to taste. Distribute the dumplings in hot form, pour all sauce and place in a preheated to 190 degrees oven for 40-45 minutes.
This recipe is just the basis for playing your imagination. For a change in the sauce, you can add fried mushrooms, spinach greens, bacon or a variety of dried herbs - the variations are endless, and therefore on the table from time to time can be a dish with a different taste.
Dumplings in the oven "Lazy Wife"
Another lazy recipe involves the use of a simple tomato sauce instead of sour cream, you can prepare it yourself, or buy it ready-made, and then supplement with dried herbs, as we decided.
Ingredients:
- frozen dumplings - 480 g;
- tomato sauce - 485 ml;
- cream cheese - 65 g;
- Dried thyme, parsley - 1/2 tsp.
- hard cheese - 210 g.
Preparation
Put the baking dish in the oven, warm up at 200 degrees. Fill the saucepan with tomato sauce and add to it the cream cheese cubes. As soon as the cheese begins to melt, pour the dried herbs, add the spices, if necessary. Put the frozen pelmeni in a preheated form and pour it with tomato sauce, top with hard cheese and put everything to bake for 40 minutes.