Name: Beetroot soup with lemon and chicken dumplings
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Dumplings; 250 gram chicken mince; 2 tablespoon dill, chopped; 1 finely grated zest lemon; 16 gow gee wrappers; 5 cup chicken stock; 500 gram peeled, chopped beetroot; 1 peeled, chopped potato; 1 roughly chopped onion; 1 juice lemon; 2 teaspoon sugar; natural yoghurt, chopped dill, to serve

Ingredients

Dumplings

250 gram chicken mince

2 tablespoon dill, chopped

1 finely grated zest lemon

16 gow gee wrappers

5 cup chicken stock

500 gram peeled, chopped beetroot

1 peeled, chopped potato

1 roughly chopped onion

1 juice lemon

2 teaspoon sugar

natural yoghurt, chopped dill, to serve

Method

1.In a large saucepan, combine stock, beetroot, potato, onion and half juice. Bring to boil on high. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer 35-40 minutes, until beetroot is tender when pierced with a fork.

2.To make the dumplings: Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine mince, dill and zest. Season to taste. Place heaped teaspoons of mixture onto centre of each wrapper. Brush edges with water. Fold over to enclose filling, pressing edges together to seal.

3.Using a hand blender, process soup until smooth. Add sugar and remaining lemon juice, to taste. Season to taste.

4.Bring a large saucepan of water to boil on high. Add dumplings and stir once. Boil 3-4 minutes, until dumplings float. Remove using slotted spoon.

5.Ladle soup into bowls. Divide dumplings among each bowl. Top with a dollop of yoghurt and sprinkling of chopped dill.

Vegetarian version: Use vegetable stock and stock and stuff dumplings with a mixture of soft goat`s cheese, peas, lemon zest and dill.
Note

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