Cheese Dumpling Delight Soup

Delicious and satisfying meatless soup with cheese dumplings. Cheese dumplings replace meat in this soup, but if desired, you can add meat itself. For greater satiety, this soup can be cooked not only in water, but also in any broth.
cook time: 1h
Miles Denholm
Cheese Dumpling Delight Soup

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

59
Calories
4g
Fat
4g
Carbs
2g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Water 2 l
Potato 2 pc
Carrot 1 pc
bell pepper 1 pc
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp

Dumplings:

Hard cheese 100 g
Wheat flour 50 g
Butter 50 g
Eggs 1 pc
Turmeric 0.25 tsp
Paprika 0.25 tsp
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Prepare all the necessary ingredients for the soup. Peel potatoes and carrots, remove seeds and stems from bell peppers. If desired, you can add onions to the soup (step 6).

Step 2

Step 2
Cut the bell pepper into small cubes.

Step 3

Step 3
Cut the carrots into strips or grate them on a coarse grater.

Step 4

Step 4
Cut the potatoes into medium cubes.

Step 5

Step 5
Boil water in a saucepan. Lay out the potatoes. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.

Step 6

Step 6
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Add carrots and bell peppers and fry together, stirring, for about 5 minutes. If desired, you can add chopped onion to the frying. In this case, you first need to fry the onions and carrots for 5 minutes until the onions are transparent, and only then add the bell pepper and simmer everything together for another 4-5 minutes.

Step 7

Step 7
Transfer the roasted vegetables to the soup pot and stir. Cook over medium heat for another 5-7 minutes. It is best not to add salt and pepper before adding the dumplings.

Step 8

Step 8
While the vegetables are cooking, prepare the cheese dumplings. The butter should be at room temperature, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance (1-2 hours before) and cut it into cubes to help it melt faster.

Step 9

Step 9
Grate the cheese on a fine grater. The finer the cheese is grated, the more pliable the dough will be and the softer the finished dumplings.

Step 10

Step 10
Add the egg to the cheese, add turmeric, paprika, salt and ground pepper. Sprinkle the salt carefully after tasting the cheese. If the cheese is already salty, then there is no need to add additional salt to the mixture. Mix cheese with egg and spices.

Step 11

Step 11
Add soft butter at room temperature. Mix everything again.

Step 12

Step 12
Add flour and knead into a soft, slightly sticky dough. If the dough turns out watery, add a little more flour. You may need a little less or more flour, focus on the consistency of the dough. Read more about the properties of flour in the article at the end of the recipe.

Step 13

Step 13
Sprinkle the work surface with flour, lay out the dough and roll it out into a thin sausage about the thickness of a pencil.

Step 14

Step 14
Cut the resulting sausage into small pieces and shape them into a round shape with your hands.

Step 15

Step 15
Add the dumplings to the soup pot and cook together, stirring, for another 5 minutes. At first, the dumplings will sink to the bottom, so you need to stir the soup for the first couple of minutes to prevent the dumplings from sticking to the bottom or to each other. How to choose the best soup pot, read the article below the steps.

Step 16

Step 16
As the dumplings are ready, they will gradually float to the surface. When all the dumplings float to the top, the soup is ready. Taste it and add salt and pepper if necessary.

Step 17

Step 17
Remove the pan from the heat, cover with a lid and let the soup simmer for 15 minutes. Then pour the soup into bowls and serve. Bon appetit!

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