Roasted Vegetable Soup with Herb Dumplings
 
 
Ordinary Vegan's Roasted Vegetable Soup with Herb Dumplings
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Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 6
Ingredients
For the Soup:
  • ½ butternut squash
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 parsnips
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 2 leaks, white and light green parts only
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 4 garlic loves, unpeeled
  • olive oil
  • salt & Peppter
  • 7 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 bay leaf
For the Dumplings:
  • 1 cup whole wheat white flour (or regular white flour)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 2 tbsp chilled Earth Balance butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped marjoram
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped thyme
  • ½ cup vegan milk (soy or almond)
  • Chopped parsley, for garnish
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
  2. Peel and chop the butternut squash, carrots, parsnips, and sweet potato into 1-inch chunks. Cut the leeks into chunks.
  3. Peel and quarter the onion.
  4. Leave the garlic cloves unpeeled. Toss with enough olive oil to coat, plus a generous pinch of salt and pepper.
  5. Spread the vegetables evenly on two baking sheets. Roast until tender, 30-40 minutes. Squeeze the soft, roasted garlic from the skins.
  6. Working in batches, puree the vegetables in a blender, adding vegetable stock as necessary to achieve a smooth consistency.
  7. Transfer the puree to a large pot along with the remaining vegetable stock and the bay leaf.
  8. Season to taste and simmer for at least 15 minutes. Taste and add more seasonsings if needed. I sometimes add a pinch of chili powder.
  9. Meanwhile, prepare the dumplings. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  10. Add the butter and rub with your fingers or a fork until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
  11. Stir in the herbs.
  12. Add the milk and stir until combined.
  13. Drop tablespoonfuls of the dough into the simmering soup.
  14. Cover the pot and simmer for about 10 minutes or until the dumplings are cooded through.
  15. To serve, ladle soup and dumplings into bowls and garnish with chopped parsley.
Recipe by Ordinary Vegan at https://ordinaryvegan.net/roastedvegsoup/