Summer Soups

Clear Soup With Dumplings

No, it is not cold soup, but it is warm or even hot soup which is served with prawn and meat dumplings.  A very light soup and very delicious dumplings that enhance the taste of the colourful vegetables-the stem of the Rainbow Swiss chard.  In fact, I love to serve this soup for pre-dinner at about four o'clock in the afternoon.  It is an appetiser in a way because when you taste this soup, you do want more: what is next?

The Summer Soups

Clear Soups with Dumplings, Garnished with Swiss Chard and Lovage

Clear Soups with Dumplings, Garnished with Lovage

The Recipe-Summer Soup

Clear Soup With Dumplings

Swiss chard stem, chopped into small pieces

1fresh shallots

1 tablespoon chopped chives and lovage

8 cups of light stock

cooked Swiss chard

meat filling on wonton

Prawn and Pork Dumplings

16 peeled prawns, chopped

200 g minced pork

1 egg

Salt and white pepper

Method:

Put the light stock in a pot, heat up over hot stove to boil

When it is boiling add in the chopped shallot/stem of Swiss chard

Cook over low heat, until it is tender

wrapping the dumplings

boiled cooked dumplings

The dumplings

Using wonton wrap, you can get them from the shop (supermarket or Chinese grocery)

Put the prawns, mince pork in a food processor, process this meat into a smooth paste

Add in the egg, salt and pepper, process again until the mixture is very soft and sticky

Make the paste into round balls the size as big as walnuts

Place each ball on a wonton. gather the edges inward to enclose the meat

Boil light stock, add in the wontons and cook them for 5 minutes

Fish them out, keep them in a container
To serve

Heat up the soup /broth add in the dumplings
Cook for a few minutes until the dumpling is hot enough
Reheat the Swiss chard until it is hot

Put two dumplings in a bowl, ladle the soup, and garnish with the Swiss chard /chopped lovage

This brings back my memories, I saw the street hawkers, sell this soup and they were busy around four o'clock, I remember vividly.

Getting In touch

The past week and this week, I have been trying to catch up with friends.  Next week is Christmas week, that is for my family.

Morning Tea With Friends

Today is really a Fruitfull Friday.

Have a great weekend

Until Next Post

Susy