**Knoephla Soup: A Culinary Journey Through Germany's Hearty Comfort Food**
Knoephla soup, a cherished culinary treasure of German cuisine, beckons food enthusiasts with its heartwarming embrace. Originating from the Swabian region of Germany, this delectable soup has captured the hearts of many with its symphony of flavors and textures. The foundation of knoephla soup lies in a rich and flavorful broth, which serves as a canvas for an array of tender dumplings, locally known as knoephla. These dumplings, crafted from a blend of flour, eggs, and seasonings, are lovingly shaped into various forms, adding a delightful dimension to the soup's overall texture. Enriching this culinary tapestry are an array of vegetables, such as carrots, celery, and onions, contributing their natural sweetness and earthy notes. Embark on a culinary adventure as we delve into the diverse recipes featured in this article, each offering a unique interpretation of this classic German dish. From the traditional Swabian knoephla soup to variations that incorporate chicken, vegetables, or even exotic spices, these recipes promise to tantalize your taste buds and warm your soul.
KNOEPHLA SOUP
While I was growing up, my mom would make this traditional German soup. It tasted so good on chilly fall days. Knoephla (pronounce nip-fla) Soup is still a warm and comforting meal for my family. -Lorraine Meyers, Willow City, North Dakota
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch Side Dishes
Time 1h
Yield 10 servings (2-1/2 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large skillet, melt butter; cook potatoes and onion for 20-25 minutes or until tender. Add milk; heat through but do not boil. Set aside. In a Dutch oven, bring water and bouillon to a boil. , Meanwhile, combine first four knoephla ingredients to form a stiff dough. Roll into a 1/2-in. rope. Cut into 1/4-in. pieces and drop into boiling broth. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the potato mixture; heat through. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 249 calories, Fat 13g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 57mg cholesterol, Sodium 762mg sodium, Carbohydrate 28g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 6g protein.
KNOEPHLA SOUP
Provided by Molly Yeh
Time 1h20m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- For the soup: Melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, celery, onions, a good pinch of salt and a few turns of pepper and cook, stirring often, until the vegetables soften, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and nutmeg and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 2 more minutes.
- Stir in the stock, herbs, bay leaves and potatoes. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, then cover and cook for 40 minutes.
- For the knoephla: Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, a few turns of pepper and the nutmeg in a medium bowl. Stir in 1 cup (236 grams) water and the egg and mix to form a shaggy dough. Turn it out onto a clean work surface and knead it for a few minutes, adding flour as needed, until you have a smooth and stiff dough. Roll it into a 1/2-inch-thick blob, then cut into 1/2- to 3/4-inch squares, dusting with flour so they don't stick together.
- When the soup has 20 minutes left of simmer time, add the knoephla directly to the soup and continue to simmer.
- Stir in the cream. Taste and adjust the seasonings as desired. Remove the bay leaves before serving. Enjoy!
KNOEPHLA SOUP
This is not a soup for those watching calories! A German potato soup with small dough balls that I grew up with. It is rich, creamy, and will stick to your ribs. The women in the family have been making this soup for generations, and I've added my own twist to the base recipe.
Provided by Angi
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Potato Soup Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; saute potatoes, onion, and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper until just tender, about 20 minutes. Stir 3 cups milk into potato mixture and heat until almost boiling, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
- Bring water and chicken bouillon to a boil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot.
- Combine flour, 7 tablespoons milk, egg, dill, parsley, 1 teaspoon pepper, and salt together in a bowl until dough is stiff. Add more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, if needed. Roll dough into ropes about 1/2-inch thick on a work surface. Cut ropes into 1/4-inch pieces and drop into boiling broth. Reduce heat, cover Dutch oven with a lid, and simmer until knoephla begin to float, about 10 minutes.
- Stir potato mixture into broth and knoephla; simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 258 calories, Carbohydrate 30.2 g, Cholesterol 50.5 mg, Fat 12.5 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 6.7 g, SaturatedFat 7.4 g, Sodium 452.7 mg, Sugar 4.4 g
KNOEPHLA/KNEPFLA SOUP
This is a popular creamy chicken stock soup with diced potatoes, carrot, celery and onion with little dumplings dropped in after the veggies have just become tender. I actually submitted this recently to our work cafeteria's "Souper Bowl" competition and was picked to cook and serve it. good thing the head chef did the math - it turned out great at 12 gallons! My husband scored the recipe from a friend's wife who offered him a bowl when he was doing some handy-man work at their house. Lucky for me he never turns down a lunch offer - it yields me some tried and true recipes! I have added cubed/shredded cooked left-over chicken to make it even more hearty. You can also garnish with some crumbled cooked bacon bits. I feel that Yukon Gold potatoes work best. If you can eat just a cup, good for you - it'll last longer then. With us, big bowls are the only way!
Provided by BinkyKat
Categories German
Time 45m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Simmer the vegetables and salt/pepper in the broth/stock until tender.
- Mix together flour, egg, salt, and water or milk to make a stiff dough. Roll into a rope and cut or pinch off approximately thumb-sized pieces directly into boiling soup. Cook 10 minutes or until done.
- Add 1 ½ cups half & half and serve. You can simmer to desired thickness.
KNOEPHLA
Knoephla is one of those recipes that reminds me of family. It's a feel-good concoction, good as a main or a side dish and amazing for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Serve with gravy and your favorite meatballs. I love Knoephla with a brown gravy and Swedish meatballs.
Provided by joechip
Categories Main Dish Recipes Dumpling Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Mix flour, eggs, milk, melted butter, a pinch of salt, and and pinch of pepper into a ball of dough; let sit at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- Cut dough ball into quarters. Roll each piece into logs. Press each log flat.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add potatoes. Hold a flattened dough log over the water and use kitchen shears to diagonally snip 1/4- to 1/2-inch pieces of dough into the water; repeat until all dough is in the water. Cook potatoes and dough, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender and the dough is cooked into small dumplings, 15 to 20 minutes; drain and transfer potatoes and dumplings into a large bowl.
- Crush the toasted bread into the noodles and mix with a spoon.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 374.9 calories, Carbohydrate 62.2 g, Cholesterol 78.5 mg, Fat 8.6 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 11.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 143.2 mg, Sugar 2 g
KNOEPHLA, POTATOES AND SAUERKRAUT
This is an old German family recipe that is easily modified for the number of people being served.
Provided by DHERDEBU
Categories Main Dish Recipes Dumpling Recipes
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine 3 cups flour, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, egg and warm water in a medium size mixing bowl. Mix well.
- Knead the dough, adding flour until the dough in stiff and hard to work with, let the dough rest.
- Roll dough into a 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide cylinder.
- Bring a pot of salted water to boil. Using scissors cut dough in 1/2 to 3/4 inch pieces into the boiling water. The dumplings will sit on the bottom of the pot until almost done. When almost finished cooking, the knoephla will rise to the surface. Once they have risen to the surface let them cook 2 minutes longer. Drain well.
- Place oil in a large skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Add potatoes and salt and pepper to taste. Fry until potatoes are cooked through and golden brown.
- While potatoes are frying, place 1 tablespoon butter in a non-stick skillet, heat over medium-high heat. Cook the kneophla in batches, transferring the fried dumplings into the skillet with the potatoes.
- When all of the knoephla and potatoes are nicely browned and combined in one skillet, add the sauerkraut to the mixture and heat through. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 499.6 calories, Carbohydrate 93.4 g, Cholesterol 36.1 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 9.2 g, Protein 13.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 856.8 mg, Sugar 3.6 g
EASY KNOEPHLA SOUP RECIPE - (4.1/5)
Provided by á-162246
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a medium-sized soup kettle, saute onion in butter. Add water, chicken base, bay leaf, potatoes, and knoephla. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes. Add milk or half and half and seasonings, and simmer 5 to 10 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Makes 12 cups. For those who prefer to make their own knoephla rather that buy the frozen ones, this is how I do it. 2 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 1 egg 1 cup milk Mix above ingredients and cut into boiling soup. A different knoephla recipe 1 cup flour 1 egg ½ cup water Spoon it and dollop it into the soup and cook for 30 minutes
KNOEPHLA SOUP (DUMPLING SOUP)
I grew up eating this German dumpling soup and now make it for my family. It has a creamy chicken base with dumplings, potatoes, and carrots. My kids love it, and it is a great comfort food on a chilly day!
Provided by Myra
Time 50m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine water, potatoes, carrots, onion, celery, bouillon cubes, salt, and pepper in a large pot; bring to a low boil. Cook until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
- While the soup is cooking, mix the dumpling mixture. Combine 2 cups flour, warm water, eggs, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Knead with your hands until dough is combined and a little sticky, adding more flour if necessary.
- Use scissors to cut 1/2-inch by 1-inch pieces dough directly into the soup; dumplings will swell as they cook so don't cut the pieces too big. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add half-and-half and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 276.3 calories, Carbohydrate 40.5 g, Cholesterol 69.7 mg, Fat 8.9 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 8.9 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 1636.4 mg, Sugar 2.1 g
KNOEPHLA SOUP
Make and share this Knoephla Soup recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ldevoe
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Put all ingredients for soup except for milk and chives into kettle and simmer until veggies are tender. Add milk and chives. Bring to slow boil.
- Spoon dime sized amounts of knoephla dough into soup. The dough slides off the spoon easily when dipped into simmering broth. Keep the spoon dips dime sized as they do grow while cooking in the broth! Simmer 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occassionally.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1508.9, Fat 79, SaturatedFat 47.5, Cholesterol 322.2, Sodium 2484.9, Carbohydrate 138.6, Fiber 5.5, Sugar 4.5, Protein 64.8
KNOEPHLA (DAKOTA CHICKEN-AND-DUMPLING) SOUP RECIPE - (5/5)
Provided by mz0926
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Instructions 1. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat until just smoking. Cook chicken, skin side down, until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes; transfer chicken to plate. Remove and discard skin. 2. Pour off all but 1 teaspoon fat and return pot to medium heat. Add onion and cook until just beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add broth, chicken, and 1¼ teaspoons salt and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until chicken is tender, about 30 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, whisk flour, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper, and baking powder together in large bowl. Whisk eggs, ½ cup half-and-half, and water into flour mixture until thick batter forms. Transfer batter to gallon-size zipper-lock bag and refrigerate until ready to use. 4. Remove chicken from pot and set aside. Add potatoes to broth and simmer for 10 minutes. Cut ¼ inch off corner of batter bag. Pipe batter into simmering broth, snipping dumplings with moistened kitchen shears every ½ to ¾ inch as extruded. Simmer until dumplings float to surface, 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. 5. Shred chicken meat into bite-size pieces and add to soup. Remove soup from heat and stir in remaining ½ cup half-and-half. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
Tips:
- Choose the right potatoes: Russet potatoes are the best choice for knoephla soup because they hold their shape well and have a mild flavor that won't overpower the other ingredients.
- Use fresh herbs: Fresh herbs like parsley, dill, and chives add a lot of flavor to knoephla soup. If you don't have fresh herbs on hand, you can use dried herbs, but be sure to use less since they are more concentrated.
- Don't overcook the knoephla: Knoephla should be cooked until they are just tender, but not mushy. Overcooked knoephla will become tough and chewy.
- Serve knoephla soup hot: Knoephla soup is best served hot, so make sure to reheat it if you have leftovers. You can also freeze knoephla soup for later, but be sure to thaw it completely before reheating.
Conclusion:
Knoephla soup is a hearty and flavorful soup that is perfect for a cold winter day. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. Whether you like your soup thick or thin, with or without meat, there is a knoephla soup recipe out there for you. So next time you are looking for a comforting and delicious soup, give knoephla soup a try. You won't be disappointed!
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