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Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert

Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a rather nostalgic dessert as it reminds me a little of an orange push-up ice cream treat from my childhood. Plus, it is a molded gelatin dessert, which always reminds me of the past. As with other gelatin and fruit dishes, someone might call this a "Jello salad" in the United States. However, this recipe uses an entire quart of orange sherbert in addition to gelatin, so I can not bring myself … Continue Reading about Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert

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Creamed Tomatoes: Version 3, With Dumplings

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Okay, this is the last post on creamed tomatoes…I promise. This one is different because I have broken the food blogging rules and not included a picture.

The inclusion of dumplings basically means making creamed tomatoes without cream and adding dumplings instead of most of the slurry mixture.

: Creamed Tomatoes With Dumplings
  1. 1 large can whole tomatoes
  2. 1 Tbsp. butter
  3. sugar, to taste
  4. salt, to taste
  5. 1/2 c. self-rising flour (double for more dumplings)
  6. 1/4 c. milk (double for more dumplings)
  7. cornstarch
  1. Place tomatoes in a pan and mash with a potato masher until chunky.
  2. Add butter, sugar,and salt.
  3. Bring to a boil.
  4. Meantime, make dumpling batter by mixing flour, milk and salt in a bowl.
  5. Drop by rounded teaspoons into boiling tomatoes.
  6. Cook until dumplings are cooked.
  7. If the dumplings do not thicken the tomato mixture enough, add some slurry made from cornstarch and some of the hot tomato liquid, stirring constantly.

 

This is how my mom usually made them. They remind me of my mom more than the other versions. Although I admit that I liked them without the dumplings much better, I would love to have a big bowl of creamed tomatoes with dumplings made by her right now…

Comments

  1. My Mother always tore up pieces of stale bread into her creamed tomatoes rather than making actual dumplings and it was so good! But I can’t seem to recreate it correctly no matter how hard I try, my bread either disintegrates or turns into a gummy mess, and I have searched high and low all over the internet and cannot find her version of the recipe anywhere. Has anyone else ever heard of someone using stale bread pieces in them before?