Beetroot dumplings with squash and mushrooms

Total: 1 hr | Active: 50 min.
vegetarian, healthy and balanced

Ingredients

for 4 person

Squash puree
1 tbsp olive oil
onion, coarsely chopped
500 g squash (e.g. Hokkaido), cut into approx. 2 cm cubes
2 dl vegetable bouillon
20 g butter
  salt and pepper to taste
Dumpling mixture
1 tbsp butter
onion, finely chopped
400 g lye rolls, cut into cubes
150 g boiled beets, coarsely grated
1 ½ dl beetroot juice
egg, beaten
1 tsp salt
a little  pepper
Dumplings
  salted water, boiling
Mushrooms
1 ½ tbsp olive oil
300 g shiitake mushrooms, cut into pieces
garlic clove, squeezed
2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
¼ tsp salt
a little  pepper

How it's done

To prepare

Preheat the oven to 60 °C, warm the platter and plates.

Squash puree

Heat the oil in a pan. Add the onion, sauté for approx. 2 mins. Add the squash and cook for approx. 3 mins. Pour in the stock, bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover and cook for approx. 25 mins. until soft. Add the butter, puree and season. Cover the puree and keep warm.

Dumpling mixture

Heat the butter in a pan. Add the onion, sauté for approx. 3 mins. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the bread cubes, beetroot, beetroot juice and egg, mix, season, knead by hand to form a compact mass, leave to stand for approx. 10 mins. With wet hands, shape into 16 equal-sized balls.

Dumplings

Cook the dumplings in simmering salted water for approx. 5 mins. per batch. Remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon, drain well and keep warm.

Mushrooms

Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the mushrooms and garlic, stir fry for approx. 5 mins. Mix in the parsley, season. Plate up with the dumplings and squash puree.

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