Hamburg Al Soup

Ingredients

• 150 ml milk (1.5% fat)
• 20 g butter (1 heaped tbsp)
• 70 g spelt flour type 630
• 1 egg
• Salt
• nutmeg
• 200 g mixed dried fruit (baked fruit; pitted)
• 200 g knollensellerie (1 piece)
• 50 g small parsley root (1 small parsley root)
• 400 g carrots (4 carrots)
• 200 g leeks (1 stalk)
• 6 thyme sprigs
• 900 ml classic vegetable broth
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 tsp dried tarragon
• 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
• 150 g peas (frozen)
• Pepper
• ground piment
• 100 g turkey ham (diced)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Bring milk and butter to a boil, add spelt flour all at once and stir until the dough lifts from the pot as a dumpling.

2. 2.

   Transfer dough to a bowl and let cool for about 1 minute. Beat in the egg. Season dumpling dough with salt and grated nutmeg, cover and chill.

3. 3.

   Cut baked fruit into bite-sized pieces. Place in a pot, cover with water, bring to boil, then simmer covered for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside covered.

4. 4.

   Meanwhile peel, wash, and cut celery, parsley root, and carrots into roughly 1 cm cubes.

5. 5.

   Halve leeks lengthwise, wash, and slice into about 1 cm wide strips. Wash thyme.

6. 6.

   Bring vegetable broth to a boil. Add thyme, bay leaves, tarragon, and vegetable cubes. Boil again and simmer covered for about 20 minutes over medium heat.

7. 7.

   Meanwhile, from the dumpling dough take out small dumplings with two cold rinsed teaspoons. Drop them into boiling (not rolling) salted water and let them cook gently for about 10 minutes.

8. 8.

   In the meantime wash parsley, shake dry, pluck leaves and chop.

9. 9.

   Add leek strips to the vegetables and simmer everything for another 5 minutes.

10. 10.

    Lift baked fruit from cooking liquid with a slotted spoon, add peas, bring to boil. Season soup with salt, pepper, piment, and optionally some fruit juice; remove thyme sprigs.

11. 11.

    Lift dumplings with a slotted spoon, drain, add them to the Hamburg Al Soup, sprinkle with parsley and turkey ham cubes, and serve.