Strawberry Dumplings
Strawberry dumplings (erdbeerknödel) are a typically Austrian dish usually served as a main course, rather than as a dessert. This recipe is a tasteful, quick, and easy dish for, say, an evening with in-laws. Cooking strawberry dumplings is relatively easy, but of course it can only be perfected by practice. If you have grown tired of strawberry dumplings, just vary the filling and use other fruits of your choice.
Yield
12 dumplings
Ingredients
- 1/5 cup (50 g) butter
- 4/5 cups (200 g) breadcrumbs
- 1/5 cup (50 g) white granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups (500 g) curd cheese (e.g. quark, pot cheese, or farmer cheese)
- 1 pinch of salt
- ½ cup (125 g) flour
- 12 ripe, medium-sized strawberries, rinsed and trimmed
- Icing sugar
- Yield:
- 12 dumplings
Instructions
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1Melt the butter in a frying pan.
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2Add the breadcrumbs and the sugar and toast them until they gain a brown colour. Stir well, as the sugar makes the crumbs burn faster.
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3Put the egg and the curd cheese into a large bowl.
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4Add a pinch of salt.
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5Stir until the mixture is smooth; the egg and the cheese should be blended well.
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6Slowly add the flour, stirring until the dough sticks to one side of the bowl.
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7Let the dough rest for about 5 minutes. If the dough is too moist, which sometimes happens due to the salt, add some more flour.
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8Cover your hands with flour, so that the dough won't stick to your fingers when forming the dumplings.
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9Take a large tablespoon of dough and put it onto your palm.
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10Add some flour and roll the dough slightly between your hands until you receive a small ball.
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11Press the ball flat and put a strawberry into the middle. Cover the strawberry with dough, and pinch to seal.
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12Sprinkle the dumpling and your hands with some more flour. Carefully roll the dumpling until you get a smooth, round ball.
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13Put the dumplings on a floured plate. Leave enough space between them, as they will otherwise stick to one another.
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14Fill a large pot with about 3 liters of water and bring it to a boil.
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15Put the dumplings into the boiling water. Let them boil in the open pot for about 10 minutes. The dumplings are done, when they float as if they "danced".
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16Take the dumplings out of the boiling water and roll them in the breadcrumbs until they are covered evenly. Since the crumbs are supposed to stick, the dumplings should still be moist on the surface.
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17Serve the dumplings together with a little of the roasted crumbs, and sprinkle them with icing sugar
- Category
- Desserts
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 30, 2026