Young mothers with small children most often think about such a question as how to cook. Semolina is not only a healthy dish, but also a great opportunity to disguise semolina porridge, which children do not really like. Semolina meatballs are flat round cutlets made from semolina porridge, similar in appearance to cheesecakes.
You can diversify the taste of semolina meatballs with the help of dried fruits. Suitable raisins, dates, dried apricots, candied fruits. Classic semolina meatballs are prepared without the use of these additives.
Today I want to show you how to cook semolina balls like in kindergarten step by step with a photo.
Ingredients for semolina balls:
- Semolina - ¾ cup,
- Milk - 500 ml.,
- Flour - 3 tbsp. spoons,
- Salt - a pinch
- Vanillin - half a bag,
- Eggs - 1 pc.,
- Sugar - 3-4 tbsp. spoons,
- Sunflower oil for frying
Ingredients for cherry jelly:
- Cherries - 1 cup
- Water - 1 liter,
- Potato starch - 2 tbsp. spoons
Semolina balls like in kindergarten - recipe
After all the ingredients have been prepared, you can start cooking semolina. First you need to cook semolina porridge. Pour milk into a saucepan. Bring milk to a boil over low heat. Add a pinch of salt. Pour the semolina into the boiling milk in small portions, while constantly stirring the milk. If you pour all the semolina at once, then there is a risk that large breasts of cereals are formed.
Stirring, boil the porridge for about 7-10 minutes over low heat. Porridge for semolina meatballs should be thick enough. Remove the saucepan from the stove. Let it cool down to room temperature.
After cooling, you will see that it has become even thicker and denser in consistency - what we need. Transfer the semolina porridge to a bowl in which you will prepare the dough for semolina meatballs. Pour in the vanilla. Half a sachet will be enough, if you use vanilla sugar, you can pour it in and a whole sachet.
Beat in an egg.
Pour in sugar or powdered sugar. In the recipes for semolina meatballs that I came across on the Internet, I saw that many housewives offer to add sugar directly to semolina. You can also do this, but I find it more convenient to add it during the preparation of the dough for semolina balls. Do not worry that grains of sugar will come across in ready-made meatballs. In the same way as during frying, the sugar will completely dissolve.
Add wheat flour.
Stir the batter with a spoon until it is homogeneous.
Wet your hands with water so that the semolina does not stick to your hands. Shape it into round or oblong cutlets. Dip them in flour and place them on a floured board.
It remains to fry the semolina meatballs. Pour sunflower oil into the pan. Warm her up. Lay out the beaters. Fry them on each side over low heat for about 2 minutes.
Put the finished meatballs on a plate as soon as they are ready. Serve hot with jam, condensed milk, honey, topping, hot chocolate or jam.
Semolina balls like in kindergarten. A photo
I don’t know why, but it is considered a classic that it should be served with semolina, so in this recipe I will quickly tell you how to cook it. Wash and sort fresh cherries. In winter, frozen cherries are quite suitable for jelly. You can defrost them, and immediately cook jelly out of them. Put the cherries in a bowl.
Fill with hot water. Bring to a boil.
In a small bowl, dissolve the cornstarch with a little water. 50 gr. water will suffice.
Add starch to the pot.
Pour sugar into the resulting cherry compote.
Boil the cherry jelly with constant stirring for another 5 minutes.
Remove from stove and cool. Since the meatballs cool down very quickly, it is best to cook cherry jelly in advance. I wish you bon appetit. I would be glad if this recipe for semolina balls like in kindergarten you will like it and use it.
