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Cheese Dumplings in Buttered Crumbs

Breadcrumbs fried in butter (sometimes with sugar) until golden, and the hot cheese dumplings rolled in them as soon as they come out of the water; served with sour cream.

⏱ 13 min🧩 2 parts
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Gnocchi

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the soft white cheese, egg, semolina and salt into a soft dough.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    With wet hands, form the dough into balls the size of Falafel.
  3. 3
    Cook the balls in lightly salted boiling water, until they float, and remove with a slotted spoon.
    ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePotSlotted spoon
    💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat and fry the breadcrumbs, until they turn golden.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  2. 5
    Transfer the hot dumplings to the crumbs and roll until coated.
  3. 6
    Serve warm.
412calories
19 gprotein
42 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 19%● carbs 41%● fat 40%

Per serving (200 g), of 4 servings

For the Gnocchi · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)

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🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Sugar with the crumbs · Crumb frying time (minutes) (3) · Sour cream on the side · Powdered sugar on top
  • How long to fry the crumbs: they turn golden

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