Kneophla Soup Food

KNOEPHLA SOUP

Steps:

• Break or chop up the carcasses of the chicken, grouse, pheasant or whatever into large pieces. Put in a large pot, add the water and bay leaves, cover and bring to a simmer. Simmer gently for 2 hours, or until the meat on the legs and wings wants to fall off the bone.
• Remove the carcasses and pick off all the meat. Reserve this. Strain the broth. You'll need at least 1 quart. Set that aside, too.
• Get a large pot of water boiling. Add a healthy pinch of salt.
• Put the flours, salt, spices and baking powder in a bowl and mix well. Add the egg and milk, mix well until you get a shaggy dough. Knead this until it all comes together, then roll it out into a log about the width of your pinkie finger.
• Slice off little dumplings and drop them into the boiling water. It will drop to a simmer. This is what you want, not a rolling boil, so adjust the heat. Let the knoephla cook until they bob on the surface, then 1 minute more. Remove them and lay them out on a baking sheet. Toss with a little oil if you want to prevent them from sticking each other.
• Heat the butter or bacon fat in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onions, carrots and celery and sauté for about 5 minutes; you want everything to soften, but not brown.
• Add the picked meat, as much of the broth as you want -- I use a bit more than a quart -- and let this simmer until all the vegetables are nicely cooked, about 15 minutes. Add the dumplings and cream and cook gently for another 5 minutes. Stir in the parsley, some black pepper and serve.

KNOEPHLA SOUP

Steps:

• For the soup: Melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, celery, onions, a good pinch of salt and a few turns of pepper and cook, stirring often, until the vegetables soften, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and nutmeg and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 2 more minutes.
• Stir in the stock, herbs, bay leaves and potatoes. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, then cover and cook for 40 minutes.
• For the knoephla: Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, a few turns of pepper and the nutmeg in a medium bowl. Stir in 1 cup (236 grams) water and the egg and mix to form a shaggy dough. Turn it out onto a clean work surface and knead it for a few minutes, adding flour as needed, until you have a smooth and stiff dough. Roll it into a 1/2-inch-thick blob, then cut into 1/2- to 3/4-inch squares, dusting with flour so they don't stick together.
• When the soup has 20 minutes left of simmer time, add the knoephla directly to the soup and continue to simmer.
• Stir in the cream. Taste and adjust the seasonings as desired. Remove the bay leaves before serving. Enjoy!

KNOEPHLA SOUP

Steps:

• Put all ingredients for soup except for milk and chives into kettle and simmer until veggies are tender. Add milk and chives. Bring to slow boil.
• Spoon dime sized amounts of knoephla dough into soup. The dough slides off the spoon easily when dipped into simmering broth. Keep the spoon dips dime sized as they do grow while cooking in the broth! Simmer 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occassionally.

KNOEPHLA SOUP

Steps:

• Make the soup: In a large pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, a good pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables soften, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and nutmeg and cook, stirring, 2 more minutes, or until fragrant. Stir in the stock, thyme, dill, parsley, bay leaves and potatoes; increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, begin making the knoephla when the soup reaches a boil: Whisk the flour, baking powder, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, a few grinds of pepper and the nutmeg in a medium bowl. Stir in the water and egg and mix to form a shaggy dough. Turn it out onto a clean work surface and knead for a few minutes, adding more flour as needed, until you have a smooth and stiff dough.
• Roll out the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick blob, then cut into 1/2- to 3/4-inch squares, dusting them with flour so they don't stick together. Drop them directly into the simmering soup for the last 20 minutes.
• In the last few minutes of cooking, stir in the heavy cream. Taste and adjust the seasonings as desired. Remove the bay leaves before serving.

KNOEPHLA/KNEPFLA SOUP

Steps:

• Simmer the vegetables and salt/pepper in the broth/stock until tender.
• Mix together flour, egg, salt, and water or milk to make a stiff dough. Roll into a rope and cut or pinch off approximately thumb-sized pieces directly into boiling soup. Cook 10 minutes or until done.
• Add 1 ½ cups half & half and serve. You can simmer to desired thickness.

KNEOPHLA SOUP

Steps:

• Put stick of butter in soup pot, and melt on medium.
• Add onions and cook until translucent, adding 1 tsp of pepper.
• Add potatoes, celery, carrots and mushrooms; simmer for 3 minutes.
• Add milk.
• Add chicken bouillon.
• Add cans of soup.
• Add celery salt, parsley and remainder of pepper.
• Let simmer on Medium/Low.
• In a separate bowl put in 2 cups white flour in a large mixing bowl.
• Mix egg, baking powder, salt, and water in another small (cereal) bowl.
• Pour mixture in with flour and mix with fork until you need to use your hands. Add flour as needed until the dough becomes a "workable" dough. (Should be slightly sticky if you stick a finger into the dough.
• Cut dough with a kitchen scissors into bite-sized pieces. Place the pieces into a pot of boiling salted (tsp) water, when the pieces float strain them out and put them in the soup.
• Let entire soup mixture simmer for at least a half hour.
• Add bacon and shredded cheese to the top as a garnish.

KNOEPHLA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; saute potatoes, onion, and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper until just tender, about 20 minutes. Stir 3 cups milk into potato mixture and heat until almost boiling, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Bring water and chicken bouillon to a boil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot.
• Combine flour, 7 tablespoons milk, egg, dill, parsley, 1 teaspoon pepper, and salt together in a bowl until dough is stiff. Add more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, if needed. Roll dough into ropes about 1/2-inch thick on a work surface. Cut ropes into 1/4-inch pieces and drop into boiling broth. Reduce heat, cover Dutch oven with a lid, and simmer until knoephla begin to float, about 10 minutes.
• Stir potato mixture into broth and knoephla; simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.

KNOEPHLA SOUP

Steps:

• In a big soup pot add water and broth, then add onion, celery, potatoes, bouillon cubes and spices. Boil until potatoes are done, about 12-15 minutes. Add cream and knoepfla. Simmer 30-40 minutes.
• Knoephla Dough a German dumpling:.
• Mix flour, salt, and baking powder together to make a fairly stiff dough. Add eough water to make the dough stiff -- 3/4 cups or more depending on how much gluten is in your flour. You can use milk in place of the water -- some here do.
• Roll into 1/2 inch ropes and cut with a pair of scissors into 1/2 inch pieces right into the simmering soup.
• This is a very hearty soup and wonderful on a cold day! Especially here in North Dakota! Brrrrr -- So come in and "Sit Down and Eat!".