Liver Dumpling Soup
Prep Time:
About 15 minutes total
Yield:
8-12 servings
Ingredients:
- 1/3 lb. chicken or calf liver
- 1/4 c Flour
- 1 slice bread
- 1/4 Bread Crumbs
- 1 Egg
- 1/4" thick slice of yellow or white onion
- 1 tsp Salt
- Pepper
- Zest of 1/2 lemon
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Process:
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Grind raw liver with meat grinder.
Run onion and a slice of bread through the grinder.
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Add egg, salt, pepper and lemon zest to mixture.
Stir and let rest 5 minutes.
Batter will be gooey.
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Bring clear beef soup stock to boil.
Already seasoned soup stock.
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To form dumplings:
Using two teaspoons, scoop up some batter with one teaspoon and use the other teaspoon to scrape it off into the soup stock.
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Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat.
Dumplings are ready when they float up to the top.
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Liver Dumpling Soup
Despite its name, this soup is served in some of Europe's finest restaurants. The dumplings are light and flavorful.
When this soup was served at my mother's mountain restaurant in Aspen, people would grimace when they heard the name. My mother would give them a sample taste and, without exception, they would ooh and ahh and order a bowl with astounded praise. The following 10 people in the food line would order the soup. When a new group of people would be passing through, the scene would repeat again and again all day. The soup was always a big hit.
Many people suggested changing the name for such a glorious soup, but even then, the inclination would be to ask what tyhe soup was made with and the liver would have to be revealed, so it was decided the name would stay and the tastings would continue.
TIPS:
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If you've always hated liver, this soup will change your mind. These dumplings have a light, smooth texture and are not at all "liver-y."
- Hold teaspoons close to surface of boiling soup when making dumplings so they don't fall in and splash you.
This is similar to the method you use to drop chocolate chips onto a cookie sheet.
- Serve 1 to 3 dumplings per bowl. Sprinke with a few chives (real chives, not green onions) for color and flavor.
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The bread is used to purge the last of the liver through the meat grinder.
A meat grinder is a simple attachment for the front of a stand-up mixer like a KitchenAid.
See our Cookware section.
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You can also make elegant mini-dumplings with a Spaetzle Grater. See the video. Spaetzle graters are listed in our Cookware section.
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