Dumplings in broth recipe from Trentino, a tasty first course with the intense aroma of speck. The dumplings are perfect to prepare if you have leftover bread, so it’s an excellent leftover recipe; it is a very ancient recipe from simple Trentino cuisine. When I have stale bread at home, I always prepare this dumpling recipe; they are easy and also quite quick to make. How to cook the dumplings? You can serve them with the cooking broth, or with a cheese fondue, with simple fresh tomato, or with cream and mushrooms following my recipe. The dumpling dough can be, as in this case, savory, but also served in the sweet version with plums or apricots and then sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. Dumplings are made in various ways depending greatly on family recipes passed down through generations, like I made dumplings with speck, or in a vegetarian version with spinach, cheese dumplings. Now let’s see how to make the dumplings, and if you try them, let me know. Barbara
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- Difficulty: Medium
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients to prepare the Dumplings in broth
- 18 oz Stale bread
- 3.5 oz Speck
- 2 Eggs
- 4.25 cups Vegetable broth
- as needed Flour
- as needed Milk
- as needed Parsley
- as needed Salt
- as needed Pepper
- as needed Extra virgin olive oil
How to prepare Dumplings in broth
Let’s start preparing the Dumplings in broth by first preparing the vegetable broth, about one quart. Cut the bread into pieces and soak it in milk for about ten minutes, and when it is soft, squeeze it well.
In the meantime, cut the speck into cubes and finely chop the parsley. Pour the squeezed crumb into a bowl, add the speck, a couple of tablespoons of flour, the eggs, and the chopped parsley.
Salt and pepper and mix everything to obtain a uniform and consistent dough. Form balls the size of a mandarin. Place the dumplings in the boiling broth and cook them for about 20 minutes; you will notice they will rise to the surface like gnocchi. Serve the dumplings in broth very hot.
How to store Dumplings in broth
Dumplings in broth can be stored in the refrigerator for 2/3 days
