Hearty Tomato Soup With Basil Parmesan Dumplings Food

TOMATO DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Mince the garlic. Chop the basil leaves.
• In a large pot, add the olive oil and heat over medium heat. Add garlic and red pepper flakes; sauté about 1 minute, until just starting to brown. Add canned tomatoes and their liquid, vegetable broth, chopped basil, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 7 to 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, the Parmesan cheese, eggs, flour, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper. Stir until a dough forms. Roll the dumplings into small balls (about 48). After the soup has simmered, place the dumplings in the soup and cook until solid, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Thinly slice (chiffonade) a few extra basil leaves, and grate some Parmesan cheese. Serve the soup warm garnished with basil and Parmesan.

TOMATO SOUP WITH HERB DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the first eight ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer. , Meanwhile, for dumplings, combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Beat egg and milk; stir into dry ingredients until a stiff dough forms. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto simmering soup. , Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering). Serve immediately.

HEARTY TOMATO SOUP WITH BASIL-PARMESAN DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Start by sauteing olive oil with onion and garlic on low-medium heat. Add spices (ginger, cumin, chili powder, parsley), then add the beans and zucchini. Let the ingredients soften, but careful not to burn the garlic. Add the stewed tomatoes, and chicken/vegetable stock. If need be, you may have to add water to thin soup out a bit in order to cook dumplings. Let soup simmer for about ½ hour. Combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt), then add basil, parmesan cheese and egg. Add 1 tablespoon of water at a time. Dumpling dough should be pliable like pie dough, keep working until you get to that consistency. The best way to mix the dough is by hand. Roll dough into small size balls. Drop each dumpling into simmering soup; cook for 20-25 minutes.

HEARTY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Cut each tomato into four pieces.
• Slice the onion thinly.
• Add margarine to a medium size saucepan and let it melt at medium heat.
• After that, add the onion and the tomatoes to the saucepan and cook for about 5 min.
• Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
• When the onions are cooked, add the 1 small teaspoon of flour and mix well, cook it for 2 more minutes.
• Now, slowly add the vegetable broth to the mixture and whisk to avoid lumps on the soup.
• Let it boiled and reduce the heat to simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add half of the parsley leaves to the soup and pour it to your food processor, and liquefy it.
• Pour the soup again to your sauce pan and add the cheese.
• If you wish, place 3 to 4 parsley leaves to the top of the soup for decoration.

CREAMY FRESH TOMATO SOUP WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 2 quart sauce pan over medium high heat.
• Add onions and garlic and sauté until tender, then add tomatoes, and mush them up a bit, and stir.
• Cook over medium heat about 10-15 minutes, until tomatoes are quite soft and breaking down.
• Add water, basil, bouillon cubes, salt and pepper, and sugar.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer about 20 minutes.
• Near the end of the cooking time, heat half and half or milk so that it is hot.
• Add hot milk to soup and stir.
• Pureé with an arm blender, or do it in batches in a blender.
• Strain soup through a sieve or run it through a food mill to eliminate any peels and seeds that remain.
• Mix egg with about 1/4 cup flour (amount will depend on how firm you like your dumplings) and salt and pepper to taste, until well combined.
• Bring soup to just below boiling and drop in dumplings by very small spoonfuls. Cook about three minutes, or until dumplings float to the surface. Dumplings should be almost like spaetzle, quite small, and soft when cooked.
• Serve hot with chopped fresh basil or toasted croutons as a garnish if desired.

PARMESAN BASIL TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato soup and bring to a boil. Add Parmesan cheese, basil, and rosemary. Season with salt and black pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes more.