Forest flavours: Revitalise your soups with easy mushroom dumplings

This year, the mushroom season started a little earlier, as porcini mushrooms, butter mushrooms, and bolete mushrooms appeared in the second half of August. Although the peak of the season is still ahead of us, it's worth using them in the kitchen now.

You can add them to scrambled eggs, pickle them, or use them to prepare mushroom dumplings that will diversify your Sunday chicken soup or beetroot soup. They add a unique aroma and are incredibly simple to prepare. Discover a simple recipe.

Chicken soup is the king of Sunday dinners. In some homes, it is eaten at least once a week. It is usually served with noodles, but it tastes best with soft, fluffy dumplings that were once so often prepared by our grandmothers.

How to make them? It's astonishingly simple. Just mix flour, eggs, and a pinch of salt, then pour the prepared mixture into boiling water and cook until they float to the surface. In practice, this takes about five minutes.

This is a basic recipe that can be freely modified. It is worth enriching it with fresh herbs (e.g., rosemary, basil) or mushrooms. These dumplings are perfect for mushroom soup, chicken soup, aromatic beetroot soup, and even tomato soup. In this simple way, you will elevate their flavour to a whole new level.

How to make mushroom dumplings? You can use both fresh and dried mushrooms. Fresh ones need to be sautéed and then blended into a smooth paste. Dried ones can be ground into a powder in a food processor or coffee grinder. The remnants of the mushroom powder can be used as a seasoning, e.g., for sauces, salads, or sandwiches.

Ingredients:

• 6 heaped tablespoons of wheat flour,
• 2 eggs,
• 1 tablespoon of cream or yoghurt,
• 5 dried mushrooms (or 3 fresh ones),
• salt,
• pepper.

Preparation:

1. Chop the mushrooms into small pieces, put them in the food processor, and grind them into a fine powder.
2. Get a mixing bowl. Add the mushroom powder, a pinch of salt, a pinch of pepper, eggs, cream, and flour. Mix everything thoroughly.
3. Boil water. When it starts boiling, add the mixture one tablespoon at a time. Cook them for an additional minute after they rise to the surface.
4. Transfer the ready dumplings to a bowl. Serve with your favourite soup.

Tip:

Are you using fresh mushrooms? Sauté them in a pan with butter. Once softened, blend them into a smooth paste and add them to the prepared mixture.