Tomato Sour Cream Dumpling Soup Recipes

CREAM OF FRESH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat. Add the onions and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes, until very tender. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste, basil, chicken stock, salt, and pepper and stir well. Bring the soup to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 to 40 minutes, until the tomatoes are very tender.
• Add the cream to the soup and process it through a food mill into a bowl, discarding only the dry pulp that's left. Reheat the soup over low heat just until hot and serve with julienned basil leaves and/or croutons.

TOMATO DILL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook, stirring until tender. Stir in the tomatoes and condensed chicken broth, and season with dill weed, salt, pepper and the bay leaf. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Remove from heat, and discard bay leaf. Use a food processor or blender to puree the soup in small batches until smooth. Serve immediately, or chill and serve cold.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium stockpot over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic (if using), stirring constantly, until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, their juices, and stock. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Working in batches, transfer tomato mixture to a blender, food processor, or food mill. Puree tomato mixture (if using a blender, cover the lid with a kitchen towel while machine is running).
• Return soup to a clean pot and set over low heat. Whisk in cream, if desired; season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately or transfer soup to a bowl set over an ice-water bath to cool completely. Transfer cooled soup to an airtight container and refrigerate. Reheat over medium heat until heated through.

SLOW COOKER CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic. Cook, stirring often until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Place in the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Add plum tomatoes, vegetable broth, tomato sauce, parsley sprigs, salt, and sugar to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on High until tomatoes are stewed, 3 to 4 hours. Remove parsley sprigs.
• Puree the soup using an immersion blender.
• Stir half-and-half into pureed soup. Cover and cook until heated through, 20 to 30 minutes.

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.

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.

QUICK CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine broth and tomatoes in a medium saucepan over moderate heat. When soup bubbles, stir in heavy cream and reduce heat to low. Season with a little salt and pepper and simmer gently 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. With an immersion blender, puree soup. Serve bowls of soup with basil chiffonade and floating Soup Toppers.
• Toast bread slices in your toaster until golden. Rub the toasted bread rounds with crushed garlic, if using. Arrange bread on cookie or baking sheet. Drizzle each slice with extra-virgin oil and top with a grind of black pepper and a layer of shredded cheese. Place under hot broiler to melt cheese until toppers are golden brown in color.

CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the soup: Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring often, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook stirring until the shallots are well coated. Add the diced tomatoes and 1 teaspoon salt, bring to a boil and reduce the heat to low. Simmer until the tomatoes have softened about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 cup water and let sit until soft, about 5 minutes. Transfer the soup, gelatin and cream to a blender. Blend until smooth and pour in to a glass loaf pan. Chill until firm, about 1 hour.
• For the dough: Put the flour in a large bowl. Pour half the hot water in and stir with a wooden spoon. Add the remaining hot water and stir until the dough starts to look shaggy. Add all of the cold water and oil. Keep stirring until the dough forms a ball.
• Knead the dough on a floured surface until soft, smooth and springs back when you poke it with your finger, 8 to 10 minutes. (Alternately, you can knead the dough in a stand mixer with the hook attachment, on medium speed for 6 to 8 minutes.) Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces. Take 1 piece (cover the remaining 3 pieces with plastic wrap) and cut it into 4 pieces. Work with 1 small piece of dough at a time, keep the remaining covered with plastic wrap. Roll the dough between your palms to make a round, smooth ball. Using a rolling pin, roll into a 4 1/2-to-5-inch circle. (You may need more flour to keep the dough from sticking but try to use it sparingly.)
• Fill the dough with 1 heaping tablespoon of tomato soup filling and then press 1 tomato half into it. Pleat the dumpling: Use your fingers to pleat and pinch the edge of the dough together, enclosing the filling, into a little satchel. Twist and pinch the tip of the dough close. Repeat with rest. Make sure that you cover any dough that you aren't currently using and cover the dumplings with a towel to prevent drying out.
• Fill a large pot with 2-inches of water and insert a steamer basket that has a lid. Line the basket with a single layer of Napa cabbage leaves. Cover and steam over medium heat to warm up the steamer and soften cabbage, about 2 minutes. Place dumplings on the cabbage leaves, leaving 1-inch between each dumpling. Steam until the dough looks slightly translucent and the dumplings have slumped slightly, about 12 minutes. Serve in the steamer.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Put the oil, onions, celery, carrots, potatoes and bay leaves in a big casserole dish, or two saucepans. Fry gently until the onions are softened - about 10-15 mins. Fill the kettle and boil it.
• Stir in the tomato purée, sugar, vinegar, chopped tomatoes and passata, then crumble in the stock cubes. Add 1 litre boiling water and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 15 mins until the potato is tender, then remove the bay leaves. Purée with a stick blender (or ladle into a blender in batches) until very smooth. Season to taste and add a pinch more sugar if it needs it. The soup can now be cooled and chilled for up to 2 days, or frozen for up to 3 months.
• To serve, reheat the soup, stirring in the milk - try not to let it boil. Serve in small bowls for the children with cheesy sausage rolls then later in bowls for the adults as Hot Bloody Mary soup (see 'Goes well with' recipes, below).

CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, over medium heat, saute onions in butter until translucent. Remove from the heat. Stir in the flour so that no lumps remain, then slowly whisk in the tomato juice. Return to the heat and add salt to taste. Cook until just boiling but turn off the heat before it boils. Let cool 10 minutes then slowly stir in milk. Serve immediately.

SOUR CREAM HEARTY TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a crock pot or large pot, mix water, bay leaf and bouillon until cube disolves.
• add tomatos and tomato paste.
• Mix with a wooden spoon until blended.
• Add garlic and onions.
• Add italian seasoning and pepper to taste.
• Add sour cream (1 to 1 1/2 cups depending on your taste).
• Keep on low for 3-4 hours in a crock pot or pot to get the best taste, or heat on medium until hot.
• Serve in bowls sprinkle with parmesan and add garlic toast if desired.

BULGARIAN TOMATO DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium soup pot, saute the onions and garlic in oil, stirring frequently until onions begin to soften.
• Add the tomatoes and cook until the onions are golden and the tomatoes are soft.
• Stir in the chili powder, flour, salt, and pepper an mix well.
• Pour in the stock slowly while whisking to completely dissolve the flour.
• Coarsely blend the soup in a blender or food processor and return it to the pot.
• Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
• As soup simmers, prepare the dumplings. Cream the butter with the egg yolks.
• Place the couscous in a small bowl; pour the boiling water over the couscous, cover the bowl with a plate and allow it to steam for 5 minutes.
• Add the steamed couscous and the flour, salt, dill, and milk or stock to the butter mixture and blend well.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff and then fold them into the couscous mixture.
• Drop the dumpling batter into the simmering soup by rounded tablespoons and cook, covered for about 15 minutes.
• The dumplings will rise to the top.
• To test dumplings, scoop one out and check to see if it is thoroughly cooked before serving.
• Serve hot, topped with fresh parsley and cheddar cheese.