Dumplings in meat sauce with sweet peppers


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How to Make Dumplings in Meat Sauce with Sweet Peppers
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Time: 30 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Nutritional value per serving:

Calories 540, total fat 35 G., saturated fats 12 G., proteins 18 G., carbohydrates 38 G., fiber 2 G., cholesterol 77 mg, sodium 1073 mg, sugar 3 G.


Pair store-bought potato and onion vareniki with a delicious sauce, creating a delicious homemade dish unlike any reheated convenience food. It's ready in less than half an hour. The vareniki are pre-boiled and then mixed with a sauce made from ground meat sautéed with onions and bell peppers in butter. The meat used is raw Italian sausage, peeled from its casings. It's already infused with a perfectly balanced blend of aromatic Mediterranean spices, which adds flavor to the entire dish.



The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:


  • 0.5 kg. dumplings with potatoes and onions (about 12 pcs.)
  • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 sweet or spicy raw Italian sausages (about 340 g), casings removed, minced meat crumbled
  • 200 g small sweet peppers, cut in half lengthwise or into quarters
  • Half an onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1 tbsp (15 g) unsalted butter
  • 0.5 cup torn fresh basil



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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:


  1. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook the vareniki according to package directions. Set aside 3/4 cup of the cooking water and discard the rest.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until darkened, 6-8 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium. Add the bell pepper, onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are softened, 7-9 minutes. Season with salt to taste.

  3. Add the pierogi to the pan and stir. Add the butter and 1/4 cup of the reserved cooking water; cook over medium heat, stirring gently, until the butter melts, adding more cooking water as needed to thin the sauce. Stir in the basil.





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