Basil & cheese dumplings
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter or margarine |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fresh chives; snipped -OR- |
| 1 | tablespoon | Green onion; sliced |
| ½ | teaspoon | Dried basil leaf |
| ½ | cup | Creamed cottage cheese (4oz) |
| 1 | cup | All-purpose flour; sifted |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking powder |
Directions
Melt butter or margarine in a small skillet. Add chives or green onion and basil. Cook, Stirring constantly, until herbs soften.
Remove skillet from heat. Stir in cottrage cheese; set aside. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder into a medium bowl. Add cottage-cheese mixture. Stir until combined. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls into simmering soup. Cover soup and simmer until dumpling are firms, about
15 minutes. Makes about 12.