As promised:
038. Stuffed Bread Balls
There are 2 things about this one - the dough and the stuffing.
The dough is really really simple, and the stuffing is basically your choice...
The dough
2,5 cups of flour (all purpose is just fine. Nothing fancy needed), about 1,5 teaspoons of baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, all mixed up. Then add a tablespoon of oil an 3/4 teacup of water.
Knead a bit... It's extremely sticky, so flour it up well.
The dough is ready.
EDIT:
I have heard some people adding spices to the dough by mixing them with the flour. I will try that later on and will see what the final result is. If you do the flavored dough - share what have you made with it.
The filling
Before you even start with the dough you may want to prepare your stuffing.
I just used what I had left in my fridge - white cheese, yellow cheese and ham.
Diced the ham on small pieces, diced the white cheese on small pieces and grated the yellow cheese.
Then I made a small mix of spices - chili powder, black pepper, savory and some salt. If your cheeses are salty - skip the salt.
Stuffing and Rolling and stuff
Cut a small ball of the dough, spread it around with roller pin or like me - with hands...
Put some of the filling on top - the ham, the cheeses and a pinch of the spice mix.
Grab the ends, pinch them together and basically close the ball...
Now, in an oiled baking tray just put those with the opening downwards. This way it will not open while baking.
If you portion your dough properly, it should be enough for 6 fairly decent size balls. Don't laugh. I didn't portion it properly, so I only have 5 balls. Don't laugh.
Now ... bake for a bit, and when the dough starts to change color take it out and (this is optional) sprincle some grated cheese on top.
Keep baking, until the dough is fully baked.
If you don't like the crust and you want it softer - sprinkle with some water and cover up the steaming balls (stop laughing) with a clean towel, so the steam soaks up and softens the crust.
And there you go...
If you don't like so much cheese, just wrap the dough around a sausage (stop laughing damn it) and bake that...
We have a thing in my country, called "Kemerka". It is that kind of bread ball, but stuffed with fried ground meat and onions. "Marusia" is the thing with the sausage in it (Oh bloody hell), but it's regional. Where I was born we call it "krenvirshka", named after the sausage in it, but here, where I live now, it is "marusia". We have a large kinda meat pie thing, named "Luchnik", literally translated to "onion meal". It's a large pie with bread dough, stuffed with fried onions and meat. Basically larger version of the Kemerka with extra onions.
We have a lot of meals, based on that cooking technique. And that specific dough recipe is so simple to make and have few ingredients it's almost impossible to mess it up. The only drawback is, that it's sticky. Like, a lot...
Announcement:
My hand would like to be known it's not as fat as it looks. It said, that the camera is adding extra 5-10 lb.
PS: It was my first time ever working with dough. I have made the same dough twice since then - it is all perfectly fine. I was really worried I will screw it up, but that specific recipe is almost impossible to screw up. If the dough is too dry - add some water. If it is too soft - knead with extra flour. It takes like 5 minutes to prepare and it's nice and soft. I love it. It's perfect every time.