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The Dumpling: A Seasonal Guide
JANUARY Semolina Dumplings with Butter and Cheese Sauce • Butter-Tossed Spaetzle • Potato and Dumpling Boil-Up • Spiced Gingerbread • A Wealth of Steamed Rice Muffins • Steamed Bread Rolls • “Priest Stranglers” with Brown Butter and Sage • Potato Gnocchi • Marrow Dumplings in a Beef Broth • Cassava “Tamales” Stuffed with Pork and Chickpeas • Pounded Rice Dumplings • New Year’s Day Soup with Pounded Rice Dumplings FEBRUARY Spoon-Dropped Semolina Dumplings • Chocolate Bread Crumb Pudding • Milk-Steamed Buns with Vanilla Sauce • Cloud-Shaped Bread Buns • Steamed Bread Loaves Stuffed with Sticky Fried Rice • Potato Dumplings Stuffed with Ham • Silesian Potato Dumplings with Mushroom Sauce • Chestnut Gnocchi with Walnut Sauce • Panfried Dumplings Stuffed with Chicken and Mushrooms MARCH Steamed Corn Bread • Sweet Potato Dumplings with a Melted Sugar Center • Tiny Gnocchi and Cranberry Bean Stew • Cauliflower Soup with Buttery Bread Crumb Dumplings • Cockles with Rice Dumplings in a Spicy Coconut Sauce • Chickpea Dumplings in Tomato Sauce • Kasha and Mushroom Pierogi • Rice Dumplings Stuffed with Pork and Kohlrabi APRIL Masa Ball Soup • Chickpea Squares Topped with Mustard Seeds and Spiced Oil • Nine-Layer Coconut Tapioca Cake • Salty-Sweet Bean Puddings with Coconut Cream Topping • Matzo Balls in a Beef Broth • Chive-Stuffed Dumplings with Tomato Sauce and Minted Yogurt • Wheat Dumplings Stuffed with Turmeric-Stained Potatoes • Wheat Dumplings Stuffed with Beef and Onion • Spicy Lamb Filled Dumplings in a Thick Yogurt Soup • Oven-Simmered Lamb-Filled Dumplings with Minted-Yogurt • Dumplings Stuffed with Pork and Cabbage MAY Black Sesame Cupcakes • Boiled Fish with Okra and Dumplings • Slippery Rice Balls in Cabbage-Radish Soup • Pounded Cassava Dumpling • Mushroom-Asparagus Bread Dumplings in a Mushroom Sauce • Coconut and Rice Columns with Chickpea Curry • Small Pork Buns • Small Mushroom Buns • Pineapple-Pecan Tamales • Tamales Stuffed with Chicken and Tomatillo Sauce • Pounded Rice Dumplings Stuffed with Strawberries • Leaf-Wrapped Rice Packages Stuffed with Chicken and Bamboo Shoots JUNE Flattened Rice Dumplings with Grated Coconut and Anise Sugar • Leaf Bread, a Fresh Corn “Tamale” • Taro Balls in a Sweet Coconut Soup • Canary Pudding with Lemon Curd • Black Sesame Roll-Ups • Lemony Lentil-Chard Soup with Bulgur Dumplings • Fish Ravioli with a Thinned Cream Sauce • Sticky Rice Dumplings Stuffed with Pork and Shrimp • Rice and Tapioca Dumplings Topped with Shrimp and Bean Paste • Pork Tamales with Green Olives and Jalapeño • The Arm of the Queen Tamale • Leaf-Wrapped Rice Bundles Stuffed with Chicken and Peanuts JULY Banana Cupcakes • Plantain Dumplings in Chicken Broth • “Napkin” Bread Dumpling with Cherries • Fresh Corn and Coconut “Tamales” • Fresh Corn and Basil “Tamales” • Cabinet Pudding, a Cake and Almond Cookie Pudding • Sweet and Dark Pepperpot Stew and Dumplings • Bottlenecked Pork and Shrimp Dumplings • Rice Dumplings Stuffed with Peanut and Coconut • Lightly Soured Rice Cakes AUGUST Peach and Berry Grunt • Cassava Patties with Grated Coconut • Red Pea Soup with Spinners • Leaf-Wrapped Rice and Banana Bundles • Wontons with Red Chile Oil • Corn Tamales Stuffed with Stringy Cheese and Poblano • Leaf-Wrapped Black-Eyed Pea Dumplings • Leaf-Wrapped Rice Bundles Stuffed with Pork and Beans • Coconut-Filled Rice Dumplings • Tapioca Balls Stuffed with Minced Pork and Peanuts SEPTEMBER Wild Grapes and Dumplings • Boston Brown Bread • Chicken Fricot with Dumplings • Chicken and Dumpling Soup • Bread and Semolina Loaf • Oat and Honey Pudding • Graham Potato Buns • Layered Apple and Bread Pudding • Beef and Oyster Stew with Suet Dumplings • Mild Yogurt Semolina Cakes • Buckwheat Dumplings Stuffed with Apples and Cheese • Potato Dumplings Stuffed with Sugar-Stuffed Plums • Leaf-Wrapped Rice Packages Stuffed with Peanuts and Sausage OCTOBER No-Fuss Potato Dumplings • Spiced Carrot Pudding • Collard Greens with Corn Dumplings • Chicken Paprika with Dumplings • Bean Soup with Tiny Dumplings • Chickpea “Fish” in a Spicy Onion Sauce • Bacon and Sage Roly Poly • Daikon Cake • Cheddar Cheese and Potato Pierogi • Lentil and Onion Pierogi • Potato “Tamales” Stuffed with Chicken and Jalapeño • Beef-Stuffed Plantain Balls in a Cassava-Corn Soup NOVEMBER Dumplings and Cocky’s Joy • “Napkin” Bread Dumpling • Turkey Stew with Stuffing Dumplings • Cranberry Pudding • Lord Randall’s Pudding, an Apricot Dessert • Sticky Toffee Pudding • Potato Dumplings with Crouton Centers • Country Cabbage Soup with Large Cornmeal Dumplings • Philadelphia Pepperpot Soup with Dumplings • Large Beef- and Spinach-Filled Dumplings in a Beef Broth • Dumplings Stuffed with Pears, Figs, and Chocolate • Pumpkin and Lentil Ravioli with Browned Butter and Rosemary • “Little Ear” Dumplings Stuffed with Mushrooms in a Beet Soup DECEMBER Root Vegetable Bread Dumplings • Clootie Dumpling • Starchy Coconut Stew with Slippery Rice Balls • Guava Duff • Potato Dumplings with Cabbage Layers • John in the Sack • Classic Christmas Pudding • Chocolate Tamales • Siberian Meat Dumplings • Chestnut Ravioli with Sage Butter Sauce • Chicken-Filled Dumplings in an Escarole Soup • Dumplings Stuffed with “Stewed” Bread Crumbs
