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Kovaim (Hungarian Cheese Dumplings)

Name: Kovaim (Hungarian Cheese Dumplings)
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 300 g flour; 3 large eggs; ½ cup water; Salt to taste; Dry ricotta cheese; Salt to taste

Kovaim are Hungarian cheese dumplings. They go well with cheddar cheese and ketchup.

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Ingredients

Makes

300 g flour
3 large eggs
½ cup water
Salt to taste
Dry ricotta cheese
Salt to taste

Ingredients for 3 servings (570 g) · the original recipe

Method

1
Mix the flour, salt, eggs and water into a dough. Knead it until it is very smooth.
2
Cover the dough in a plastic bowl, and let it rest for at least half an hour.
3
Combine the ricotta and salt to make the filling.
4
Roll the dough out into a sheet as thin as possible (about 3 mm thick). Cut into squares, and fill each square with some filling. Fold the dough over the filling diagonally to make a triangular dumpling.
5
Boil the dumplings in water for about 5 minutes.
Stovetop
6
Serve hot.

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