The recipe for filling for dumplings is the key to taste and sophistication. Each recipe for fillings for dumplings is a story that reveals the secrets of taste. Every recipe for dumplings is a guarantee of satisfaction and pleasure. Add your touch of creativity to dumplings and create a real culinary miracle.

Dumplings will never bore anyone, especially with such a variety of fillings. We have collected 25 of the best options for you – from the classics to the most original. There are both sweet and salty fillings for dumplings for every taste!

What to cook dumplings with? Here is the list:

Varenyky with cheese

You will need:  400 g of cheese, 3 egg yolks, 1 tsp. flour, 60 g of butter, 100 g of sugar, 1 pinch of vanilla.

Preparation:  Beat the yolks with soft butter. Rub the cheese through a sieve and combine both masses. Add sugar, flour and vanilla and mix again.

Dumplings with potatoes and fried onions

You will need:  500 g of potatoes, 1 onion, 35 g of butter, spices.

Preparation:  Boil the potatoes until ready and mash them into a puree with butter. Finely chop the onion, fry it until golden, add it to the mashed potatoes and season the filling to taste.

Dumplings with cabbage

You will need:  750 g of fresh cabbage, 50 g of onion, 70 g of carrot, 40 g of tomato paste, 100 ml of water, spices.

Preparation:  Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots and fry them until soft. Add shredded cabbage and simmer for 10 minutes. Add spices and tomato paste diluted in water, and stew for another 10 minutes without a lid.

Dumplings with sauerkraut

You will need:  550 g of sauerkraut, 80 g of onion, 3 tbsp. water spices.

Lightly wash  and wring out the sauerkraut. Finely chop the onion, fry it until golden, add cabbage and water and stew together until the moisture evaporates. Season the filling.

Dumplings with mushrooms

You will need:  300 g of mushrooms, 100 g of onions, 70 g of butter, spices.

Finely  chop and fry the onion for a couple of minutes in butter until transparent. Add finely chopped mushrooms and continue frying until the moisture evaporates. Season the filling at your own discretion.

Dumplings with suluguni and greens

You will need:  600 g of suluguni, 350 g of cottage cheese, 2 bunches of greens, 20 g of butter, 20 g of flour, 2 egg whites.

Preparation:  Grate suluguni and Adyghe cheese, and finely chop greens. Melt the butter and mix together all the ingredients for the filling.

Dumplings with cherries

You will need:  300 g of pitted cherries, 120 g of sugar, 40 g of starch.

Mix  cherries with sugar and boil them for a couple of minutes over medium heat. When the cherry gives juice, then add starch and boil the filling for another 2 minutes.

Dumplings with blueberries

You will need:  600 g of blueberries, 120 g of sugar.

Preparation:  Wash, sort and dry the blueberries. Mix it with sugar and leave the filling to infuse for 20 minutes.

Dumplings with potatoes and porcini mushrooms

You will need:  4 potatoes, 10 g of dried porcini mushrooms, 120 ml of water, 1 onion, spices.

Preparation:  Boil the potatoes until ready and mash them into a puree. Pour boiling water over the mushrooms for half an hour. Fry chopped onions separately, add mushrooms with spices and stew for 7-8 minutes. Mix the resulting roast with mashed potatoes.

Dumplings with cheese and raisins

You will need:  900 g of cheese, 2 eggs, 200 g of raisins, 15 g of vanilla sugar.

Preparation:  Rub the cheese through a sieve and mix it with eggs and vanilla sugar. Pour boiling water over raisins for 10 minutes, dry and add to cheese.

Dumplings with meat and onions

You will need:  1 kg of beef or pork, 5 onions, 1 bunch of greens, spices.

Boil  the meat until ready and pass it through a meat grinder. Chop the onion and fry it until golden in a pan. Finely chop the greens, send everything to the minced meat and season the filling.

Dumplings with apples

You will need:  500 g of apples, 1/3 cup of sugar, 2 tbsp. butter, 1 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation:  Peel and finely chop the apples. Fry them in butter for a couple of minutes, then add sugar and cinnamon. Heat for another 3 minutes, stirring.

Dumplings with potatoes and liver

You will need:  4 potatoes, 150 g of liver, 2 onions, spices.

Preparation:  Boil the potatoes until ready and mash together. Boil the liver separately and pass it through a meat grinder. Finely chop the onion, fry it until golden, mix the filling and seasonings.

Dumplings with liver and onion

You will need:  450 g of liver, 3 onions, 50 g of butter, 100 ml of sour cream, spices.

Preparation:  Coarsely chop the liver, boil until tender and pass through a meat grinder. Finely chop the onion, fry it until golden in butter and send it to the liver. Add sour cream and spices there, mix.

Dumplings with spinach and cheese

You will need:  450 g of frozen spinach, 200 g of cottage cheese, 1 clove of garlic, spices.

Lightly  fry the spinach until excess moisture evaporates. Mix it with cheese, spices and crushed garlic.

Dumplings with salmon and ricotta

You will need:  400 g of salmon fillet, 150 g of ricotta, 60 g of parmesan, 10 g of dill.

Preparation:  Boil the salmon fillet until tender and finely chop. Grate Parmesan cheese, chop dill and mix everything together with ricotta.

Dumplings with sun-dried tomatoes

You will need:  500 g of potatoes, 10 sun-dried tomatoes, 1 onion, 300 g of suluguni, spices.

Preparation:  Cut and fry the onion until golden. Boil the potatoes until ready and mash them together with fried onions. Add grated cheese and finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes. Season the filling.

Dumplings with fish and greens

You will need:  300 g of fish fillet, 1 root of parsley, parsnip and celery each, 1 onion, 2 eggs, spices.

Pour  water over the fish fillet and roots, boil for 15-20 minutes after boiling and pass through a meat grinder. Fry the finely chopped onion until golden and add it to the filling. Beat the eggs there, season and mix.

Dumplings with prunes

You will need:  300 g of prunes, 100 g of walnuts, 1 lemon, 3 tbsp. honey

Preparation:  Pour prunes with boiling water for 10 minutes and finely chop. Grind the nuts almost into crumbs, remove the zest from the lemon and mix together all the ingredients for the filling.

Dumplings with pumpkin

You will need:  300 g of pumpkin, 100 g of onion, 4 sprigs of greens, spices.

Preparation:  Finely chop and fry the onion until golden brown. Add the grated pumpkin and fry for another 3 minutes. Add chopped herbs and spices and remove the filling from the heat.

Dumplings from tofu

You will need:  1/2 bunch of spinach, 250 g of tofu, 1/2 onion, 150 g of mushrooms, 3 tbsp. lean mayonnaise, spices.

Finely  chop the onion and fry it until golden. Add chopped mushrooms and fry everything until the moisture evaporates. Then add grated tofu, lean mayonnaise, spices and chopped spinach. Stir the filling and stew it for another couple of minutes.

Dumplings with beans and mushrooms

You will need:  1 cup of beans, 200 g of mushrooms, 1 onion, spices.

Preparation:  Soak the beans in advance overnight and boil until soft. Grind it with a blender. Finely chop the onion and mushrooms, fry until cooked, mix everything with bean puree and season.

Dumplings with poppy seeds and honey

You will need:  1 cup of poppy seeds, 2.5 tbsp. powdered sugar, 1 tbsp. honey

Preparation:  Pour poppy seeds with water, boil for 10-15 minutes and then dry. Grind it in a coffee grinder and mix it with powdered sugar and honey.

Dumplings with dried apricots

You will need:  300 g of dried apricots, 100 g of almonds, 2 tbsp. lemon juice, 2 tbsp. honey

Pour dried apricots with boiling water  for 10 minutes and grind in a blender. Grind the almonds separately. Mix all the ingredients for the filling.

Dumplings with buckwheat, egg and cheese

You will need:  1/2 cup of buckwheat, 1 onion, 1 egg, 200 g of cottage cheese, spices.

Preparation:  Boil the buckwheat until ready, finely chop the onion and fry until golden brown. Break up the cheese, lightly beat the egg, mix all the ingredients and season the filling to your liking.

25 most delicious fillings for dumplings