Can you tell me the name of this soup?

[firefox280]

Hello everyone. I'm new here so sorry if this is in the wrong forum.

My question concerns a soup. My grandmother has been making it for years for the family, and for a while now we've been wondering what it is actually called. All that she remembers is that her mother gave her the recipe.

Our guess is that the soup is Italian, but anyways, the recipe is something like this.

It is composed mainly of large doughy dumplings. These are filled with small cubes of salami and stuffed with croutons, and boiled in a pot of broth. I'm not sure about exact measurements or details, but if you know anything, your input is appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

-Pat

[Lynan]

Welcome Firefox!!

These sound like Canederli to me, a speciality from the Tyrol region of Italy.
Yummy things they are too, and as usual, the Italians have created a wonderful, tasty dish utilising leftovers.

[jkath]

Sounds lovely!
Does anyone out there have a tried and true recipe for Canederli?

[Seven S]

they boil them in water here until done, but they also serve them in soup as you mention above. this is from the trentino-alto adige region in Northern Italy

CANEDERLI

6 slices / 250 g stale white bread (5 cups when diced)
3 eggs
1 cup / 250 ml milk
1/4 lb / 100 g bacon, finely diced
1 onion
1 bunch flat leaf parsley
2 oz / 50 g salami
6 tbsp AP flour
salt and pepper
grated nutmeg

dice the bread place in a bowl. mix the eggs and milk, pour over the bread leave to stand for 20 mins. dice onions finely. chop the parsley, saute diced bacon until the fat runs, then add the onion and half the parsley, saute for 2 mins.
dice the salami finely and add to the pan, along w remaining parsley. stir to mix, then add all of the soaked bread. fold in the flour and season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
bring about 3 pints or 1.5 liters of water to a boil. with wet hands form 10 evenly sized dumplings and cook until done.

http://www.amazon.com/Italy-Culinari...e=UTF8&s=books

[bevkile]

Originally Posted by Seven S

they boil them in water here until done, but they also serve them in soup as you mention above. this is from the trentino-alto adige region in Northern Italy

CANEDERLI

6 slices / 250 g stale white bread (5 cups when diced)
3 eggs
1 cup / 250 ml milk
1/4 lb / 100 g bacon, finely diced
1 onion
1 bunch flat leaf parsley
2 oz / 50 g salami
6 tbsp AP flour
salt and pepper
grated nutmeg

dice the bread place in a bowl. mix the eggs and milk, pour over the bread leave to stand for 20 mins. dice onions finely. chop the parsley, saute diced bacon until the fat runs, then add the onion and half the parsley, saute for 2 mins.
dice the salami finely and add to the pan, along w remaining parsley. stir to mix, then add all of the soaked bread. fold in the flour and season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
bring about 3 pints or 1.5 liters of water to a boil. with wet hands form 10 evenly sized dumplings and cook until done.

http://www.amazon.com/Italy-Culinari...e=UTF8&s=books

Sounds yummy.

[Lynan]

I have had Canederli presented to me tennis ball size!! And 3 of them to boot.
Whatever recipe you choose, and there will be many out there in cyberland, just make walnut sized balls and cook in a tasty broth. If you ever have access to fresh porcini, cook some off and add to your mixture.
Veeeeery nice.

[ChefJune]

Another winner!

[urmaniac13]

Yes, we have discovered Canederli (or Knodel, in the local language German) while we were in Alto Adige... they are great



And yes, they were as big as tennis ball, or even baseball!!
(this was from the local "gasthof" where we dined, I also made some the other day... also just as big... then you need to boil them a bit longer, 15-20minutes)

Once you master the basic recipe, you can do many variations with different fillings, like spinach, different cheeses and salumi, mushrooms, also there are sweet versions for hearty desserts.

The most popular way to serve them is in the broth, but it is also delicious with various type of rich sauces, I made a creamy mushroom sauce with white wine and sour cream for them, that was prrrrrfect!!

[firefox280]

Lynan, I know exactly what you mean! My grandmother makes these things enormous. Saying hers are the size of tennis balls might be an understatement. Thanks everyone for the replies, I'm sure my family will be glad to finally find out what they've been eating all these years.

[Lynan]

Urmaniac..... now those canederli are what you call ' whoppers' lolololol.

Firefox....does your Grandmother have an Italian or Austrian lineage? I ask just as Im curious as to why canederli have been eaten in your family a long time. If you adore her recipe, WRITE IT DOWN!! I lament all my precious mums recipes that I never got around to archiving.