Tomato Harvest Soup with garlic dumplings
(from cckelly’s recipe box)
When tomatos are abundant, this is a great way to use them. However, good quality canned tomatoes can be used for a wonderful, winter dish.
As I entered this, I realized no one has ever written down the dumpling recipe…I’ll go make it and write it down
Source: Family recipe with my adaptations
Serves 8 peopleIngredients
- SOUP:
- 4 quarts fresh tomatoes (with skin removed and cored)
- 1 Tbsp sage (or more to taste)
- 1 Tbsp oregano (or more to taste)
- 1 Tbsp basil (or more to taste)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp cider vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup flour and cold water or milk, to thicken soup.
- I also add:
- 1 small to medium onion, grated fine
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
- replace sugar with 1/2 cup grated carrots, but may need to cook longer for them to incorporate and sweeten)
- DUMPLINGS:
Directions
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SOUP:
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Cook the tomatoes until a stewed consistency is reached (this varies depending on how wet the tomatoes are).
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If adding onion, garlic and carrots, do so at this stage, so they can meld.
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Add the spices, sugar (not if used carrots), cider vinegar and salt and pepper.
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Cook in the seasonings for 30 minutes.
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Spoon in the dumplings in small blobs. Cook on simmer for 5 minutes.
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Mix 1/4 cup flour and water or milk to make a thin, smooth paste. Stir it carefully into the soup, so as not to break apart the dumplings, and let simmer another 10-15 minutes until the soup thickens to desired consistency.
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DUMPLINGS:(can be made plain, with just water, salt and pepper) I like to make them spicy with lots of pepper or garlicy and rich.
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Mix