Czech Tomato Sauce With Beef And Vegan Dumplings Recipes

Steps:

• FOR VEGAN DUMPLINGS:.
• Mix a little bit of tepid water (around 30ml) with yeast and ½ teaspoon of sugar and let it be for 3-5 minutes.
• Then slice your bread rolls into 4 cm x 4 cm big pieces maximum and soak them in milk. They are supposed to be really damp but not soaking wet.
• Then, in your bowl mix flour with salt, then soaked bread rolls and yeast.
• Create a dough (there is a possibility, there might be a need for more flour, you don't want your dough to be extremely sticky, but don't add too much).
• After this, create a roll (I've created 4 medium sized ones - 20 cm long and 9 cm thick) and let them rise for 20 minutes in warm place.
• Place them into salted boiling water and cook them for 25 minutes.
• After 25 minutes, just pierce them with a toothpick once or twice and let them chill down.
• CZECH TOMATO SAUCE/ALSO IN VEGAN VERSION:.
• This meal is famous for it's weird combination, but sweetness is important.
• So let's start with preheating your big pot on a stove with medium to high heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil (I am using rice oil most of the time), add your onions in and start to caramelize them.
• That will take around 5-10 minutes.
• Now add your meat and slightly roast it for 3-5 minutes.
• Pour your tomato puree, paste, water, vegetable stock cube, seasoning and sugar as well and mix it all together and bring it to boil.
• Then, put it to the simmering heat and with a lid on cook it for 1 hour.
• This way meat will be extremely soft and tender.
• But after 45 minutes, bring it to the medium/high heat again and for a last 15 minutes cook it without a lid, this way it will get thicker.
• BUT IF YOU ARE VEGAN!
• After caramelization of your onions, just add your tomato puree, tomato paste, seasoning, vegetable stock cubes, sugar as well and mix it together .
• Bring it to the boil and then to simmering heat and this way cook it for 1 hour with a lid on.
• After 45 minutes, bring your heat up again to medium to high and cook it this way for last 15 minutes without a lid on.
• It will get much thicker this way!
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes with juice, butter, sugar and seasonings in a large flat-bottomed kettle.
• Heat the tomatoes over medium heat until boiling gently.
• Combine the dumpling ingredients together and drop dough by teaspoon, in a single layer, on top of tomatoes.
• Reduce the heat to low (the tomatoes on the bottom may scorch if heat is too high).
• Cook, uncovered, for about 5 minutes.
• Cover and cook for about 10 more minutes.
• Remove the lid and serve.
• Garnish with black pepper and extra pats of butter.

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute onion, green pepper and celery in butter until tender. Add bay leaf, tomatoes, brown sugar, basil, salt and pepper; cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes. , Meanwhile, for dumplings, combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter. Add parsley and milk; stir just until mixed., Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the simmering tomato mixture, creating six mounds; cover tightly and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into one of the dumplings comes out clean. Discard bay leaf. Serve immediately.