Name: Herb dumplings gratin with tomato sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: serves 2 people
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, peeled and diced; 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced thinly; 260 g tomatoes; 150 g tomato passata; 250 g cottage cheese; 100 g mascarpone cheese; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder; 1 egg; 10 g semolina; 1 handful fresh herbs (basil, thyme, fennel, oregano...); 25 g parmesan cheese

Herb dumplings gratin with tomato sauce

Mmm, if we could only include the divine smell of these herb dumplings gratin in this description. You would love it, it's so lovely. On the one hand, we have light cottage cheese and mascarpone dumplings with fresh, homegrown herbs, and on the other hand, fresh, delicious tomato sauce with juicy, homegrown tomatoes. We also decided to add a bit of parmesan cheese and place them in the oven for 10 minutes so that you get that excellent cheesy texture. Yum. This combination is heavenly good. It's great for starters, entrees, or for main dish/dinner as well. It's a simple recipe, easy to prepare, seasonal, light, and highly delicious.

METHOD

Tomato sauce

Place a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil and diced onion. Cook for about 3 minutes. Lower the heat and add the garlic. Chop the tomatoes into chunks, then add to the saucepan. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring regularly. Add the tomato passata and cook for another 5 minutes.
herb and cottage cheese dumplings

Preheat the oven to 220°C / 430 °F. In a bowl, using a hand whisk, whisk cottage cheese, mascarpone cheese, a pinch of salt, a pinch of black pepper, and ground nutmeg. Add the egg and semolina. Stir to combine well.
Bake

Pour the tomato sauce into a casserole dish. Drop a spoonful of dumpling mixture over the tomato sauce. Arrange the dumplings all over the sauce. Grate parmesan cheese over the dumplings and place in the oven on the highest rack. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes at 220°C / 430 °F. Remove from the oven, set aside for 5 minutes, and serve. Optionally sprinkle with fresh basil.

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Herb dumplings gratin with tomato sauce