Soup with dumplings

World cooking is rich in recipes for a wide variety of soups, but one of the most delicious and useful is soup with dumplings. This dish will be able to diversify the daily diet of each person, which is why it enjoys incredible popularity throughout the world.

Probably everyone knows the taste of soup with dumplings, and some may remember it from early childhood. And although the dish is often prepared with different ingredients, its basic base is two main components: strong broth (bone, fish, vegetable, etc.) and, in fact, dumplings - small pieces of semi-liquid dough cooked in the same broth. It is these pads from the dough called gnocchi that give some originality to the soup.

The soup with dumplings is simple enough in preparation and is not exacting to a set of auxiliary components. And if in stock there is already cooked the main broth - the task is even more simplified.

In fact, there are many variations of the old good soup with dumplings. Almost every national cuisine has its own original recipe. Preparing the soup, dumplings can be made as flour, as well as meat or cheese. For men, a hearty soup with dumplings and meatballs is ideal. Many variations of this dish are prepared on chicken broth and milk. The second option will have to taste first of all to children.

By the way, the soup with dumplings does not differ too high in calories. If you cook it on the basis of chicken meat - the calorie content will equal 566 calories, and if based on vegetables - only 421. Now, in fact, we begin to get acquainted with the recipes for its preparation.

Ancient soup with dumplings

Ingredients:

• Pork - 500 grams;
• Potatoes (medium size) - 6 pieces;
• Bulgarian pepper - 3 pieces;
• Onions (medium) - 2 pieces;
• Carrots (medium size) - 2 pieces;
• pepper;
• salt;
• Bay leaf;
• vegetable oil.

To prepare the dumplings themselves one egg, 5 tablespoons of flour and 50 ml of milk will be needed.

First you need to cook meat. To do this, wash it, cut it into small cubes and cook until ready. While it is brewed, it is necessary to be engaged in preparation of passivation. Onion finely chopped, carrots rubbed on a medium grater, then fry them in vegetable oil. Other vegetables for soup should also be prepared: peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes, and chop the peppers and cut them into half rings.

Then it is worth tackling dumplings. For them, you need to beat the egg with milk and flour. The resulting dough should not be either solid or liquid. The ideal dough for dumplings should be scooped up with a spoon.

As soon as the meat broth is cooked, it is necessary to add potatoes, then Bulgarian pepper and then passage. To pepper and salt to taste, without forgetting about the laurel leaf. Dough to collect a teaspoon and dip into the soup. Dumpling is best done in small size, because during cooking they have the property of increasing. Cook soup with dumplings for literally 5 minutes, after this time it can be served to the dinner table.

Lenten soup with dumplings

This variant of the dish can be prepared both in vegetable broth and in chicken. You can make dumplings or semolina.

Ingredients:

• Water - 2 liters + 250 ml;
• Butter - 100 grams;
• Flour - 1 tablespoon;
• Beans - ½ cup;
• Eggs - 2 pieces;
• Onion - 1 piece;
• Carrots - 1 piece;
• Celery root - 1 piece;
• Sweet pepper with peas;
• Fresh greens;
• Paprika, salt, ground pepper.

Beans, previously soaked in cold water, boil and cool. Peel onions, carrots, as well as celery root, cut into slices or slices. Boil 2 liters of water in a saucepan, put vegetables in it and cook until done. After a while add the boiled beans to the soup and bring it to a boil.

Butter in a separate bowl with 250 ml of water to dissolve and gradually bring to a boil. Add flour to it and boil it, stirring thoroughly, for another 2-3 minutes on a slow fire. Then cool and add eggs alternately. Salt and pepper.

Dumplings pick up a teaspoon and dip into the soup. Boil the lean soup until cooked. Before serving, you can decorate it with fresh herbs.

Soup with dumplings is quite possible to diversify any menu and, despite the relatively long time of its preparation, everyone will be delighted with its unique taste.