Tomato Bisque With Cheddar Bay Dumplings Recipes

TOMATO BISQUE WITH CHEDDAR BAY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a dutch oven, or other large soup pot, over medium heat melt the butter. Add the onion, stirring until cooked soft. Whisk in the flour and cook for about a minute to cook the flour 'taste' out.
• In a separate bowl, stir together the broth and tomatoes. Stir the broth mixture in a little bit at a time until the mixtures completely smooth and all the broth's incorporated. Stir in the sugar, salt, and pepper and bring the mixture to a boil, and then immediately reduce the heat to a simmer. Put a lid on the pot and prepare the dumpling dough.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, garlic powder, salt and cayenne pepper, if using.
• In a separate small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and the half cup of melted butter.
• Pour the milk and butter mixture over the dry ingredients in the larger bowl and stir, using a rubber spatula, just until moist. Using the same spatula gently fold in the cheese.
• Remove the lid from the soup pot and reduce the heat to low. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup until it's completely smooth. Return the soup to a simmer.
• Using a spoon, drop dollops of the dumpling dough into the simmering soup until it's all in the pot. Return the lid to the pot and continue cooking for 15-20 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the center of the largest dumpling and if it comes out clean, remove the pot from heat.
• In a separate small pot, melt and stir together the butter, parsley, and garlic. Brush the mixture out over the dumplings in the pot.
• Ladle the soup into bowls, making sure each bowl has several dumplings. Serve with the leftover butter herb mixture, for dipping- if desired.

TOMATO BISQUE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the first eight ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. , Discard bay leaf; press mixture through sieve and set aside. In a large saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat. Gradually stir in tomato mixture until smooth; heat through.

TOMATO & HARISSA STEW WITH CHEDDAR DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large wide-topped casserole dish with a lid, then fry the onion and celery for 5 mins until softening and starting to colour. Tip in the tomatoes and a can of water, then stir in the harissa, courgettes and chickpeas, and crumble in the stock cube. Cover and simmer for 18 mins until the veg is almost tender. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Meanwhile, rub the butter into the flour and baking powder with a good pinch of salt, then mix in the cheese with a round-bladed knife. Two mins before the stew is ready, pour the milk into the dumpling mix and stir with the knife to make a dough. Turn out onto your work surface (no need to flour it), lightly shape into a sausage and cut into 8 equal pieces.
• Put the dumplings on top of the stew and bake in the oven for 15-20 mins until golden and cooked through.

TOMATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute onion, green pepper and celery in butter until tender. Add bay leaf, tomatoes, brown sugar, basil, salt and pepper; cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes. , Meanwhile, for dumplings, combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter. Add parsley and milk; stir just until mixed., Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the simmering tomato mixture, creating six mounds; cover tightly and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into one of the dumplings comes out clean. Discard bay leaf. Serve immediately.

CHEDDAR TOMATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion and green pepper in oil until tender. Add flour; stir well. Gradually blend in tomatoes. Add celery leaves, sugar, salt and pepper; bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. , Meanwhile, for dumplings, combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening until crumbly. Add cheddar cheese. Stir in milk just until moistened. , Drop batter by tablespoonfuls onto simmering tomato sauce. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering).