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🍰 Refreshing Cold Strawberry Soup with Ricotta Dumplings
216 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 750 g strawberries
- 0.5 vanilla pod
- 1 organic lemon
- 10 g apple pectin
- 2 tbsp strawberry syrup
- 2 slices whole wheat toast (from the day before)
- 2 sprigs mint
- 125 g ricotta
- 40 g raw cane sugar (2 tbsp)
- 1 egg yolk (S)
Instructions
- 1. Gently wash the strawberries in a bowl of water.
- 2. Thoroughly pat the berries dry with kitchen paper.
- 3. Remove the green stems from the strawberries.
- 4. Cut 500 grams of the berries into small pieces.
- 5. Quarter the remaining strawberries and set them aside.
- 6. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise.
- 7. Scrape out the vanilla seeds with a knife.
- 8. Rinse the lemon under running water.
- 9. Dry the lemon thoroughly.
- 10. Grate one teaspoon of fine lemon zest.
- 11. Cut the lemon in half.
- 12. Squeeze the juice from one half of the lemon.
- 13. Puree the cut strawberry pieces finely with a hand blender.
- 14. Press the puree through a fine sieve into a pot.
- 15. Add the vanilla seeds, 150 milliliters of water, and pectin to the puree.
- 16. Stir the mixture while heating it up.
- 17. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- 18. Let the soup simmer for two minutes.
- 19. Stir in the quartered strawberries.
- 20. Add the strawberry syrup.
- 21. Add two to three tablespoons of lemon juice.
- 22. Let the strawberry soup cool down completely.
- 23. Cut the crusts off the toast slices.
- 24. Cut the toast bread into large cubes.
- 25. Crush the bread cubes in a food processor into fine crumbs.
- 26. Place the bread crumbs into a bowl.
- 27. Wash the mint.
- 28. Shake the mint dry.
- 29. Pluck the mint leaves from the stems.
- 30. Set aside some fresh mint leaves for decoration.
- 31. Finely chop the remaining mint.
- 32. Add the chopped mint to the bread crumbs.
- 33. Add the ricotta to the mixture.
- 34. Add the sugar to the mixture.
- 35. Add the grated lemon zest to the mixture.
- 36. Thoroughly mix all ingredients together.
- 37. Separate an egg into yolk and white.
- 38. Stir the egg yolk into the bread-ricotta mixture.
- 39. Use the egg white for another purpose.
- 40. Cover the bowl.
- 41. Let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- 42. Fill a shallow pot with plenty of water.
- 43. Bring the water to a boil.
- 44. Moisten two teaspoons.
- 45. Shape dumplings from the bread-ricotta mixture using the spoons.
- 46. Place the dumplings into the gently simmering water.
- 47. Cook the dumplings over low heat.
- 48. Cook the dumplings for five to six minutes.
- 49. Remove the dumplings when they rise to the surface.
- 50. Fill the cold strawberry soup into deep plates.
- 51. Lift the ricotta dumplings out of the water with a slotted spoon.
- 52. Let the dumplings drain briefly.
- 53. Place the dumplings on top of the strawberry soup.
- 54. Garnish the dish with the reserved mint leaves.
- 55. Serve the soup immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 216
- Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 7 g · Carbs: 30 g