Cheese Dumplings For Soup Food

CHEDDAR CHEESE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Stir together flour and mustard in medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese. Add milk; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto simmering stew. Cover; cook over medium-low heat 20 to 25 minutes or until dumplings are firm when pressed.

LIGHT-AS-A-FEATHER DUMPLINGS (FOR SOUP OR STEWS)

Steps:

• In a bowl sift together the flour, salt, black pepper (if using) and baking powder.
• In another bowl mix the egg with melted butter; add to the dry ingredients with enough milk to make a semi-stiff batter (do not over-mix, you might use a little more than 2/3 cup milk).
• Drop by a teaspoon into simmering soup or stew.
• Cook covered for about 18-20 minutes and NO PEEKING for the first 10 minutes.

CHEESE DUMPLINGS FOR SOUP

Steps:

• Rub butter into the flour until crumbly.
• Mix in the cheese, thyme and about 1/2 cup (125ml) of water or enough to bind the mixture together.
• Roll 2 level teaspoons of the mixture into balls.
• Place in to the soup and simmer covered for 8 minutes or until the dumplings are plump.
• Season to taste and scatter with the lemon rind.

CHINESE DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Put the broth, ginger, soy, wine, vinegar, sesame oil, sugar and salt in a soup pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Adjust the heat so the broth simmers and cooks to lightly flavor with ginger, about 10-15-minutes.
• Add the carrots, and simmer until tender and cooked through, about 5 minutes. Just before serving, add the dumplings, cook for 3 minutes, stir in the scallions and spinach and cook until the greens wilt, about 1 minute. Divide among warm bowls and serve. Serve with chili sauce on the side if desired.
• Optional- Cook the dumplings according to package directions for potstickers- Serve dumplings on the side of soup.

SLOW COOKER VEGETABLE STEW WITH CHEDDAR DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Set the slow cooker to low. Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan and fry the carrots for 5 mins until just golden, then tip into the slow cooker.
• Heat the remaining oil in the pan and fry the leeks with a pinch of salt for 5 mins until soft. Add the garlic and stir in the flour. Gradually add the stock, stirring, until the flour has dissolved and there are no lumps. Bring to the boil, then tip into the slow cooker. Add the courgettes, beans and herbs, topping up with water to cover the veg, if needed. Cover and cook for 4 hrs.
• To make the dumplings, tip the flour into a bowl and stir in the suet or butter until evenly distributed. Add the cheese, parsley, ½ tsp cracked black pepper and a pinch of salt. Mix in 3-4 tbsp cold water with your hands to make a soft, slightly sticky dough (add a little more water if needed). Divide into six and roll into balls.
• Add the crème fraîche, mustard, broad beans or peas and spinach to the slow cooker and turn it to high. Arrange the dumplings over the stew, cover and cook for 1-2 hrs more until firm and doubled in size. Scatter with parsley and serve. Will keep for up to three days in the fridge or in the freezer for up to three months.

CHEESE & CHIVE DUMPLINGS.

Steps:

• Mix together flour, butter, baking powder & salt.
• Use your hands to mix them and form large breadcrumbs.
• Add grated cheese & the chopped chives and stir through with a fork.
• Add the milk, little by little, mixing with a fork all the while. You might need a little less or a little more, depending on the flour. Be sure the mixture doesn't get too wet and sticky.
• Now you need to roll the mix into a ball shape.
• Place it in your stew & cook for 30 minutes.
• **In general, a temperature of 150-190/320-360 or Gas Mark 4/5 should be used.

DUMPLINGS FOR SOUP

Steps:

• Mix ingredients together, add enough flour to make it the consistency of thick ketchup.
• To make dumplings, dip a spoon into soup that is softly boiling for a second.
• Then scoop a small amount of dumpling and dunk it in the soup.
• The dumpling will immediately fall off the spoon and plump up.
• Repeat until dumpling mix is gone.
• Cook in a stock, and throw in some vegetables.
• Suggested: chicken stock with celery, lots of carrots, some onion, and a bit of rosemary.

CHEESE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine Bisquick, parmesan and oregano.
• Add milk and stir until a dough forms.
• With Bisquick-dusted hands, roll dough into 12 balls.
• Add the dumplings to soup; cover and simmer until dumplings are cooked through, about 10 minutes.