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Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese

Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese

(Family Style: For 2 Adults and 2 Kids)
50 min., ready in 1 hr
Time:
571
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
82 / 100
Ingredientsfor  
Ingredients
7 ozs Feta
1 bunch Basil
9 ozs Pastry flour
salt
3 eggs
4 ozs crushed Tomatoes (preferably Tetrapak)
2 Tbsps Tomato paste
4 small Zucchini (each about 100 grams)
2 Tbsps Canola oil
How healthy are the main ingredients?
FetaTomatoTomato pasteBasilsaltegg
Preparation
1.
Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese preparation step 1

Drain the feta cheese, grate coarsely or thinly slice.

2.
Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese preparation step 2

Rinse basil, shake dry, pluck leaves and cut into fine strips.

3.
Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese preparation step 3

Mix the flour with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a mixing bowl. Add eggs and beat with the dough hook of a hand mixer until combined. Add tomatoes and tomato paste and beat to form a smooth dough.

4.
Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese preparation step 4

Fill a large pot 2/3 full of salted water and bring to a boil. Rinse zucchini, pat dry and thinly slice.

5.
Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese preparation step 5

Heat the oil in a large skillet. Cook zucchini in small batches until golden brown, seasoning each batch with salt.

6.
Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese preparation step 6

Working in batches, press dough through spaetzle maker directly into the pot. Cook until all the noodles float to the surface, and remove with a slotted spoon.

7.
Tomato Dumplings with Feta Cheese preparation step 7

Layer noodles with some of the zucchini, basil and feta cheese in a deep round baking dish (about 20 cm diameter) (approximately 8 inches in diameter). Keep warm in preheated oven at 100°C (fan 80°C, gas: mark 1) (approximately 200°F). Repeat while cooking remaining dough, then finish layering in baking dish with remaining spaetzle, zucchini, basil and feta cheese. Serve hot.

Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie571 cal.(27 %)
Protein28 g(29 %)
Fat25 g(22 %)
Carbohydrates56 g(37 %)
Sugar added0 g(0 %)
Roughage6 g(20 %)
Healthy, because

Healthy, because

Here, cheese provides about a third of the daily calcium for children and even half for adults. The spaetzle also contains a portion of the daily vegetable portion and a thick portion of the vascular-protecting bioactive substance lycopene.

Even smarter

Even smarter

For classic cheese spaetzle: use grated hard cheese (30% F.i.d.); instead of tomatoes and courgettes, cut 2 bunches of spring onions into fine rings and sauté in 1 tablespoon of rapeseed oil before serving.

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