Taking my homemade ricotta cheese and turning it into tiny, fluffy pillows of ricotta 'dumplings' aka Italian Ricotta Gnocchi. One of the easiest recipes to make but, does take some practice as you don't want to add so much flour that the dumplings are too heavy - start with 1 cup of flour and add in flour until your dough is no longer sticky, keep your work surface floured (and hands), once the dough can be brought together in a ball, lightly knead the dough for 3 minutes before rolling and cutting... Be sure to serve these hot with in a light sauce as these are filling! I prefer a light pesto, light marinara but, a brown butter mixed with some herbs is my favorite! ~Enjoy! Diane
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The preparation on this recipe is simple and easy (and who doesn't like that on busy days.) You can make my homemade 'drop type biscuits' or use store bought. Great thing is, you decide what works for you, even changing up the filling works (see my kitchen note at end of the recipe) I've also added the link to my Homemade Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup. It all tastes great! I used my smaller cast iron Dutch oven for this recipe as it has a heavy lid for going into the oven and creating a nice steam for my dumplings to rise but, you can certainly use a cast iron skillet and cover it with foil (just make sure to get a tight seal.) I hope you make and enjoy this as much as we do. ~Enjoy! Diane Dutch Oven Chicken & Dumplings
Ingredients: 1/2 Tablespoon olive oil or 1 Tablespoon of butter or ghee 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped carrot 1/2 cups chicken broth (you can add up to 1 Cup depending on how thin/thick you want your sauce) 2-3 cups cooked chopped chicken; cut into 1" dice. 1 tablespoon dried parsley salt & pepper to taste 2 cans cream of chicken soup 1 small 5 count can Pillsbury "Southern Homestyle" biscuits or my 'drop' biscuits (see recipe below) Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
If you cannot find Pillsbury Home-style Biscuits, you can substitute my homemade "drop" biscuits in their place. (see recipe below) Homemade "Drop" Biscuits Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoon butter 1/2 - 3/4 cup milk Directions: Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter with fork, until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough. Tear dough into 6 pieces, roll slightly into ball, flatted and lay on-top of Chicken mixture. Makes 6 biscuits. Kitchen Note 1: Switch the filling up a bit, you can try adding in some cooked wild rice, different vegetables like green beans or peas - it's a wonderful recipe! Pure comfort food! |