Zucchini and Tomatoes With Parmesan Dumplings

"This simple-to-prepare side accompanies blander dishes nicely. I particularly like it with simply grilled salmon or other fish."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 10mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and saute onion and garlic until tender, but not browned.
  • Add tomatoes, basil, sugar, salt and pepper.
  • Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes and stirring occasionally.
  • Add zucchini and simmer covered for 15 minutes, or until they are tender and stirring as needed.
  • Mix the beaten egg and the parmesan cheese together in a small bowl until it forms a mass.
  • With the aid of a tablespoon, drop the dumplings onto the tomato mixture (you should get 4 nicely-sized ones).
  • Simmer, covered, for 5 to ten minutes, until dumplings are firm.
  • When they are firm, gently flip them over to completely cook the top side (simmering another 1-2 minutes).
  • Serve each portion with one dumpling atop the tomato-zucchini mixture.

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Reviews

  1. This was fantastic! I used 5 plum tomatoes and no sugar (I was out), and replaced the basil with Italian seasoning and garlic powder and three teaspoons of fresh chopped garlic, and, being lazy, eyeballed the amounts instead of measuring anything. Other than that, I followed the directions exactly. I will definitely be making this again.
     
  2. Never saw this coming. Instead of having a reasonably tasty little side dish as anticipated, we decided it was more like we'd died and gone to veggie heaven! Because all the zukes looked shrivelled up and terrible, I used a medium eggplant instead, sauteing it first and then adding the tomatoes, etc. Thank you so very much for sharing this recipe, Flemish Minx. It was just crazy good!
     
  3. By far the best meal I have ever made. I'm not sure how this can taste so good, but trust me it does. My finicky niece gobbled it up, and my boyfriend and I wished we had made more. As in about three times more, because it is so delicious. Flavorful and awesome. Thanks for the keeper!!
     
  4. I tried the recipe last night and it was wonderful. I ate it as a main course. It had a lot of great flavors. One thing that I will do differently next time I fix the dish is peal the tomatoes.
     
  5. Excellent! What a great flavor for dumplings. I paried 1-fresh tomato w/ 1-can diced petite toms in water. I let it simmer with spices, onions, garlic and balsamic vinegar for 10-min. Added zuchinni (w/ peel) and simmered for 15-min and then mushrooms at the end (they cook quickly). I was amazed at how the parm. cheese took on body w/ the egg. Strong parm. flavor requires a distinct like for it. I like it!
     
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  1. This was fantastic! I used 5 plum tomatoes and no sugar (I was out), and replaced the basil with Italian seasoning and garlic powder and three teaspoons of fresh chopped garlic, and, being lazy, eyeballed the amounts instead of measuring anything. Other than that, I followed the directions exactly. I will definitely be making this again.
     

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I am an American married to a Belgian, and have lived in Belgium since December 1999. Cooking is my major hobby. I'm also an avid reader, but I have difficulty finding the time. I love to travel. Since moving to Europe I've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go a couple of times per year to Paris, as well as having visited London, Rome, Florence, Naples, Amsterdam, and of course Brussels and Antwerp. I've seen at least parts of most regions of France, as well as parts of Germany, Austria, a great deal of Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, and Monaco. I'm absolutely in love with the Bay of Naples and Sorrento coast areas of Italy, which my husband and I recently re-visited on a trip that included Rome, Puglia, Umbria and Marche. I'm still looking forward to Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic . . . the list is too long ! One of the bonuses of travel is getting to taste the local cuisine, and afterward trying to figure out how to duplicate it at home. I think cooking is one of the nicest things a person can do for someone they love (including themself!) I had to submit a picture with me and my cat, Sophie, as she insists on sitting in my lap when I'm sitting at the computer. If you are wondering what all that stuff hanging on the wall behind us in the photo is, it is just a small part of my husband's military medal collection. He was appalled by my posting this picture-- Our study is the messiest room in our house (thank god!)
 
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