Dumplings for Stew
Ingredients
Directions
Make the dumplings
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt twice.
Mix in cold water until a dough forms.
Cook in the stew
Drop spoonfuls of the dough into the stew.
Cover tightly and cook for 15 minutes.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Flour
- Forms the structure of the dumpling dough so it holds together while cooking.
- Baking powder
- Releases gas as it reacts, helping the dumplings rise and turn light and fluffy.
The step that matters
Cover tightly and cook for 15 minutes. Keeping the lid on traps steam so the dumplings cook through and puff. Lifting the lid lets steam escape, which can leave dumplings dense and gummy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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