Comments on: strawberries and dumplings

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:11:21 +0000

Made these this morning with whole wheat flour for breakfast. Changed the taste of the dumplings quite a bit, but with some greek yogurt and honey alongside still a delicious recipe!

By: sabina

sabina — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:55:28 +0000

I’m thinking about making this tonight for my sister’s bday cake and wondering if its possible to substitute almond meal — if so, how much do you expect you would need? thanks!!

By: Jack Straw

Jack Straw — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:23:54 +0000

It’s so much better to mould the dumpling batter around freshly marinated straweberries, lower them gently into water to cook them, then serve with thick sour cream.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:56:21 +0000

That looks so delicious

By: Bea

Bea — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:43:27 +0000

This recipe looked so original and fun that I had to try it. I made these last week and was really disappointed. The strawberries were fine, but the dumplings were bland and gummy. I should have made strawberry cobbler or your strawberry cake. This was a huge waste of my beautiful farmer’s market berries. Oh well. I guess I’m not a fan of dumplings.

By: Fayet

Fayet — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:20:43 +0000

I had guests last saturday, and on a whim I decided to try this recipe out.. and it worked like magic. Seriously, I rocked my guest’s socks with these dumblings, who looked not very tasty and were polished off in a matter of seconds. Everybody yearned for more. I used half the recipe and served four. I cooked the dumplings in advance and then put the pot back on the stove for a few minutes, poured some cool vanilla sauce on top and had my guests beg for the recipe.

I dream of making this for christmas with plums and cinnamon, and even more vanilla sauce. Yummy!!

By: MissJubilee

MissJubilee — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:26:30 +0000

I just tried this tonight, and wow, it was like eating jam! That might be why it says it serves 6! I’m not really familiar with dumplings but I don’t think mine came out right. They were chewy, leaving bits stuck all over the spoon as we ate, and never did look “dry” on top since the pot was full of steam. They also didn’t grow very much and were pretty much overwhelmed by the bubbling red juices – hardly any white color left when I served it, unlike your pretty pictures. Hm, I don’t know what went wrong. I did add a little extra lemon juice but other than that the recipe was as-written. Maybe my gas stove doesn’t turn down low enough? Could too-high heat mess up the recipe? The berries did look pretty active in their lowest-possible-heat “simmer.”

I’ll probably pour the rest over some ice cream or drizzle it on yogurt, and toss the dumplings. Oh, well. Maybe you have to grow up on chicken and dumplings to appreciate them (assuming they did come out the right consistency).

Next up for me: the Pink Lady Cake! (As soon as I get more berries!)

By: Shay

Shay — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:04:52 +0000

hi! i was wondering if you thought this might work as a nice filling breakfast? thank you!!

By: jenniegirl

jenniegirl — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:48:56 +0000

Just made this tonight….I have always liked dumplings-ever since my dad would make chicken and dumplings with bisquick for me when I was sick. This was good…my husband is tucking into a bowl of it now-covered with greek yogurt.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:37:06 +0000

The sweet warm strawberries were divine, but I found the dumplings flavorless and just sortof gummy blobs. They were just done and not overcooked, but just flavorless. I was expecting the kind of bite I’m used to in buttermilk, I guess, and I think I’d sub for it in the future. Or more salt in the biscuit dough maybe?