Tender three-ingredient cottage cheese hombovtsi: an alternative to lazy dumplings

If you love lazy dumplings, you will definitely like hombovtsi. This is a so-called cottage cheese dessert in the form of balls that are traditionally steamed. Although, of course, you can also boil them. You can also add various fillings in the form of fruits, dried fruits, and berries and serve with sauce or plain sour cream.

Food blogger Oksana (ksyushatrova_) shared a recipe for tender cottage cheese hombovtsi with sauce on her Instagram page.

Ingredients:

• 5-7% cottage cheese
• egg (ot just yolk)
• semolina

For the sauce:

• 10% yogurt (or sour cream)

• egg white
• berries
• butter

Method of preparation:

1. Mix all the necessary ingredients and knead the curd dough. You can also add berries, candied fruit or dried fruit.

2. Form the dough into small balls.

3. Cook the hombovtsi in boiling water until tender.

4. Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients for the sauce.

5. Add a piece of butter to the finished hombovtsi. Serve with the sauce.