Veal soup with dumplings

Name: Veal soup with dumplings (Pantrucas)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup warm water; 1 sprig of fresh coriander (cilantro); 1 sprig of fresh coriander (cilantro); 1 egg yolk; 15 ml/1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley; salt and black pepper; salt and black pepper; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour; a pinch of salt; 1 kg/2¼ lb osso bucco (see Cook’s tip); 1 garlic head, cut in half; 1 onion, cut into quarters; 15 ml/1 tbsp fresh or dried oregano; 1 red (bell) pepper, cut into quarters

Pantrucas

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

About

This popular Chilean soup contains square little dumplings, made from an egg-enriched dough that is cut into squares and cooked in meat broth to produce a tasty and invigorating soup. It used to be served to ‘skinny misses’ before church services, so they wouldn’t feel faint during the long prayers.

Ingredients

1 kg/2¼ lb osso bucco (see Cook’s tip)
1 onion, cut into quarters

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Method

Put the osso bucco in a large pan and cover with 1.75 litres/3 pints/7½ cups water. Add