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Farmhouse soup with spinach dumplings

  • Time to make: 5 hrs 25 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 3cm piece fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • ½ cup yellow peas
  • ½ cup split green peas
  • ½ cup pearl barley
  • 3 carrots, sliced
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3 cups chopped root vegetables, eg. parsnips, swedes, potatoes
  • 4 cups liquid reduced-salt vegetable stock or liquid no-added-salt chicken stock
  • 1 cup water
  • Spinach dumplings
  • 2 cups self-raising flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 25g reduced-fat spread
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
  • 1 ½ cups spinach, chopped, lightly cooked
  • ¾ cup skim milk
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat slow cooker and turn to low. Heat oil in a non-stick pan and cook garlic and ginger for a few minutes. Add onions and cook until softened. Place in a slow cooker.

    2 Add peas and barley and remaining vegetables with stock and water. Cook for 4-5 hours.

    3 Meanwhile, prepare dumplings. Sieve flour and salt into a bowl. Rub in spread. Add parsley and spinach. Make a well in the centre and pour in milk. Mix to a soft dough. Form into 12 balls. Cook at 180°C in oven for 10 minutes. Drop into soup for a final 20 minutes of cooking.

    4 Serve with chopped fresh parsley.

    HFG tip

    The dumplings can be made up and even cooked in the oven the day before making the soup.

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