Cheese Dumplings for Soup

Lovely to put into winter soups!

• Ready In: 13 mins
• Yields: 8 Dumplings

Ingredients

• 30  g  cold butter, cut into small pieces
• 2  cups self raising flour
• 60  g  finely grated cheddar cheese
• 2  teaspoons  finely chopped fresh thyme
• 2  teaspoons  finely grated fresh lemon rind (optional)

Directions

1. Rub butter into the flour until crumbly.
2. Mix in the cheese, thyme and about 1/2 cup (125ml) of water or enough to bind the mixture together.
3. Roll 2 level teaspoons of the mixture into balls.
4. Place in to the soup and simmer covered for 8 minutes or until the dumplings are plump.
5. Season to taste and scatter with the lemon rind.