Nothing beats a bowl of hearty comfort food, and Galushki Soup (Суп с Галушками) won't disappoint! Made with easy dough dumplings, pinched pasta pieces in an meaty stew or dumpling soup. Hearty, rustic, filling and delicious.
What are Galushki?
Galushki (Галушки) are an Eastern European and Ukrainian dumpling which is made several different ways. Usually pieces of dough are boiled in water, drained, then served with butter, fried onions and sour cream (smetana). Alternatively, you can serve in a tasty broth with chunks of steak and galushki dumplings.
Ingredients
- Galushki Dough - flour, eggs, salt, water
- Beef Strips
- Onions
- Oil
- Water
- Salt and Pepper
- Vegeta (stock powder)
- Potatoes
- Aromatics - Bay Leaf, Parsley and Dill
How To Make Galushki
- Prepare Dough - Place the flour into a medium bowl. In a measuring jug, crack the eggs and add water. Add 1 teaspoon of salt. Using a fork, mix all together and pour into the bowl of flour.
- Knead Dough - mix the dough until it's combined into a ball. Dust your countertop with flour and proceed to knead the dough for approx 5 minutes. Adjust flour or water if needed. When the dough has a smooth, semi-hard consistency, cover with a bowl and allow to rest.
- Fry Beef - In a stock pot, heat 2 tablespoons of oil over high heat and add the sliced beef. Fry until the water released from the beef evaporates. Season with 1 teaspoon of salt and cook until beef starts to brown. Reduce heat to medium.
- Add Onions - mix onions to the beef and cook until the onions are golden brown.
- Make Soup - add 12 cups of water, bayleaf, ¼ teaspoon of pepper, and 1 tablespoon Vegeta Stock Powder. Taste and adjust salt if needed. Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add Potatoes - at the 15 minute point of simmering, add the potatoes to the soup, continue to simmer.
- Roll Dough - roll out the dough into a rectangular shape, to the thickness of a pizza base. Cut into thirds to make it easy to handle dough.
- Make Dumplings - Pinch pieces of dough of random shapes and place into boiling soup. When the dough floats to the top, it's ready. The dough can be sticky. To prevent dumplings from sticking, toss into soup one at a time as you pinch. Alternatively you can cut dough into squares.
- Season and Garnish - add chopped parsley and fresh dill to taste. Adjust salt, stir and enjoy!
Galushki Soup Variations
- Chicken Galushki - substitute beef with chopped chicken breast and thighs
- Vegetarian Galushki - skip the meat and caramelize onions and add vegetables like green beans, peas or corn
- Spicy Galushki - serve with Sriracha Sauce for a spicy garlic kick
Recipe Tips and FAQs
- Pinched Dough Tastes Better - babushka says that the taste of cut dough, changes the flavor of the soup. She only pinches off her dough as a rule.
- Pinch Hard and Fast - as dough is elastic, the dough will stretch long and thin. To minimize stretching, pinch hard and fast without pulling. Eventually, you might not care and just tear the pieces into the soup.
- Thicker Dough - if you cut dough into squares or small rectangles, roll the dough thicker (about ½" thick) before slicing.
- Adjust Soup Thickness - the more dumplings you add, the thicker the soup becomes as it cooks. I prefer it thicker. Add more water to thin soup if needed.
- Stock Powder - for richer broth, add beef broth powder or vegetable stock powder
Storage
Place leftover Galushki into an airtight container. Keep refrigerated and enjoy within 3-4 days.
Can I Freeze Galushki Soup?
Yes. You can freeze leftover Galushki. Allow to cool, place into an airtight container and freeze up to 3 months. Defrost in refrigerator before re-heating on stove. The texture of frozen Galushki will slightly changed when defrosted.
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A heartwarming broth with chunks of meat and fresh dumplings, perfect to enjoy on a cold rainy day. Galushki Soup (Суп с Галушками) is a rustic dinner from the old country that everyone will love. Bon Appetit! Приятного аппетита!
Ingredients
Dough ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour plus extra ¼ cup if needed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup water add extra 1 tablespoon if needed
Soup ingredients
- 2 pounds (1kg) beef sliced into thin strips
- vegetable oil for frying
- 2 onions diced
- 12 cups water
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper
- Vegeta (soup stock powder) optional
- 2 large potatoes diced
- fresh dill and parsley
Instructions
- Prepare Dough - Place the flour into a medium bowl. In a measuring jug, crack the eggs and add water. Add 1 teaspoon of salt. Using a fork, mix all together and pour into the bowl of flour.
- Knead Dough - mix the dough until it's combined into a ball. Dust your countertop with flour and proceed to knead the dough for approx 5 minutes. Adjust flour or water if needed. When the dough has a smooth, semi-hard consistency, cover with a bowl and allow to rest.
- Fry Beef - In a stock pot, heat 2 tablespoons of oil over high heat and add the sliced beef. Fry until the water released from the beef evaporates. Season with 1 teaspoon of salt and cook until beef starts to brown. Reduce heat to medium.
- Add Onions - mix onions to the beef and cook until the onions are golden brown.
- Make Soup - add 12 cups of water, bayleaf, ¼ teaspoon of pepper, and 1 tablespoon Vegeta Stock Powder. Taste and adjust salt if needed. Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add Potatoes - at the 15 minute point of simmering, add the potatoes to the soup, continue to simmer.
- Roll Dough - roll out the dough into a rectangular shape, to the thickness of a pizza base. Cut into thirds to make it easy to handle dough.
- Make Dumplings - Pinch pieces of dough of random shapes and place into boiling soup. When the dough floats to the top, it's ready. The dough can be sticky. To prevent dumplings from sticking, toss into soup one at a time as you pinch. Alternatively you can cut dough into squares.
- Season and Garnish - add chopped parsley and fresh dill to taste. Adjust salt, stir and enjoy!
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©PetersFoodAdventures.com. *originally posted October 2015, updated February 2024
Lilia Sergeeff
Hi Peter! You get your mom's recipes for сздобное so I can compare to my mom's which I have worked out the proportions already and it tastes like mom's baking.
Anna
I am salivating, too. BTW, I think your Mum is right about pinching off the dough rather than cutting.
PetersFoodAdventures
Lol, mums are always right!
Anna Tenikoff Smith
My mum also used to make a chicken version with mini chicken drumsticks, wingettes and chunks of carrots, and if I remember correctly she did put in a little bit of soy sauce, and thin vermicelli, what a great flavour it was...nice and comforting....for those lovely winter nights.....no tomato paste in this recipe though, it doesn't go 🙂
Does anyone on here remember their parents baking pastries....all sorts. Zdobni they were so yummy, and my mum never had a recipe it was all in her head, I have no clue how to make them. As they are a lot of work...you need the right temperature, and consistency. If anyone has a pic/recipe could they please post, спасибо ????
teaformum
I have a much older sister (Coz my mum had 13 kids) who makes zdobni, so I must get her to teach me and film all of it, then edit.....have you heard of Салонина its jars of picked vegitables marinated in a really lovely tomato type sauce even though it's classed as pickles? Curious to know if your parents ever did this. They did use their home made tomato sauce as the base as well as a mix of vinegar etc.....
PetersFoodAdventures
Yes, I know what it is, and they used to make Солёные помидоры too, but I wasn't a huge fan to the vinegary taste- used to eat them with Palava (Plov). I've made my own version of kind of a similar thing - but its more fresh than pickled, needs to be refrigerated when done, http://petersfoodadventures.com/2015/06/01/salted-pickled-fresh-tomatoes-малосольных-овощей-помидоры/ my recipe uses Ketchup in the brine - which has the vinegar and spices to start it off, I just add fresh herbs, tomatoes and veggies. You might like something like that. I always hated the picked tomato vinegar taste. These ones taste fresh. 🙂
Anna
I remember my mum's delicious apple pie. She got upset when I asked her for the recipe and said it was a ridiculous question. It turned out she never really measured nor weighted the ingredients, just went 'by feeling'.
PetersFoodAdventures
haha, yup, it's hard to nail down a recipe from the older generation! Even when I watch, my mum goes so fast, I say WAIT! How much did you put in? And she says a handful! LOL they can get annoyed when you keep asking for more clarification!
teaformum
Hi Peter
I am so glad I found you...I also grew up on these dishes, and my family history sounds exactly like yours, oh what memories.....I just wanted to say how much I love your blog. I also wanted to say that when my mum used to make galooshki she also used to add some tomato paste into this recipe, so I might try your version but also add the tomato paste....yummm I can't wait to try it.
PetersFoodAdventures
Thanks so much for the compliment! and thanks for checking out my blog! Tomato paste gives the recipe a richer colour and flavour, and is used in some recipes. I have conversations with my mum about adding it in, and decided to leave it just as she made it. I'm not a huge fan of the acids in tomato paste, does funny things to my stomach, but it definitely works! 🙂 I even think that adding fresh chopped tomatoes would work, but I suppose traditionally Russian winters didn't provide many tomatoes! lol It's funny what a small world it is, meeting people with similar histories! 🙂
Lynz Real Cooking
this looks so good! It sounds like a fun dish as well!
PetersFoodAdventures
Thanks Lynn, the fun part is ripping the fresh dough pasta pieces 🙂 yum
samskitchen
Oh this brought some lovely memories. My nana used to cook a very similar dish and we used to have it with caramelised onions in butter topped with sour cream or yogurt 🙂 mmmm vkusnyatina!
PetersFoodAdventures
yum! sounds delicious! 🙂 This certainly isn't diet food is it!!!!
White House Red Door
Love this... it looks delicious and will be a great project to do with the kids. Thanks for sharing!
White House Red Door
Looks delicious and such a fun project, especially with kids. Will definitely being giving this one a go... thanks for sharing. 🙂
PetersFoodAdventures
Great idea! The dough part is lots of fun! 🙂 and tasty too