Oma's Griessnockerlsuppe (Beef and Semolina Dumpling Soup) recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ pounds beef bones
1 pound beef shank (beef shin meat)
2 quarts cold water
1 large onion, peeled and halved
¼ teaspoon black peppercorns
1 bay leaf
salt to taste
1 parsnip, peeled and quartered
1 turnip, peeled and sliced
1 leek, trimmed and chopped
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1 stalk celery, trimmed and sliced
freshly ground black pepper
½ cup milk
5 ½ tablespoons butter, softened
¾ cup semolina flour
2 eggs
salt to taste
1 pinch ground nutmeg

Nutrition Info

197.7 calories
carbohydrate: 9.4 g
cholesterol: 88.5 mg
fat: 13.3 g
fiber: 2 g
protein: 10.6 g
saturatedFat: 7.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 165.9 mg
sugar: 4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place beef bones and beef shank in a large pot, add cold water, onion, peppercorns, bay leaf, and salt. Bring to a boil, cook, skimming foam from the top, for 30 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer stock for 1 hour.

  2. Stir parsnip, turnip, leek, carrot, and celery into the stock, cook for 1 hour more. Strain stock through a fine-mesh sieve and return to the pot, season with salt and ground black pepper. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight. Remove the fat from the top of the stock.

  3. Bring stock to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer.

  4. Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium heat, add butter and cook until butter is melted, about 5 minutes. Gradually stir semolina into milk mixture with a wooden spoon until mixture is smooth. Lightly beat eggs in a bowl and stir into semolina mixture until very smooth, season with salt and nutmeg. Remove from heat and let stand in a cool place for 30 minutes.

  5. Shape semolina mixture into small dumplings using 2 spoons or wet hands. Drop dumplings into the simmering stock and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

There is nothing better than a semolina dumpling soup made from beef stock. This is a German dish called Griessnockerlsuppe. Semolina dumplings are suitable for freezing, as is the stock. The boiled beef can be used for other dishes, such as marinated beef salad.

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