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lady_karelia ([personal profile] lady_karelia) wrote2009-04-14 07:24 pm

Because [personal profile] valady asked

Serviettenknödel (bread dumpling in a napkin)

300 g (roughly 10 ounces) of day-old rolls or white bread, cut into small cubes
2 shallots or small onions, very finely chopped
40 g (1.5 oz) butter
2 medium eggs
1/3 l (1/6 of a pint) warm milk
1/4 of a bunch parsley, either straight or curled, very finely chopped
1 tsp salt
heavy-handed pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

Pour the warm milk over the bread cubes and mix thoroughly. Heat the butter over just medium heat, add the shallots and fry until glassy (not brown). Add to the bread/milk mix, mix thoroughly. Add salt and nutmeg and eggs, mix again. Last add parsley and mix again, then let dough stand for an hour at room temperature.

Bring lightly salted water in large pot to boiling. Shape dough into bread loaf shape and wrap in a cotton cloth. Twist either end to prevent it from opening. Tie each end around the handle of a pot to suspend the dough over boiling water. Let softly boil (over medium heat) for 30 minutes. Untie cotton, put dumpling on a plate, let rest for 10 minutes and then cut into half-inch thick slices.

This is typically served with gulash or beef roast, but I don't eat meat, so I'm having it with baby spinach in roquefort sauce and a quorn roast basted in truffle oil, rosemary and thyme. ;)

And this is how my meal looked tonight:
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[identity profile] valady.livejournal.com 2009-04-15 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
And I do APPRECIATE it. Don't remember Mom using cotton though... think she used cheese cloth but I might be wrong. I was just a little thing back then. I'll be sending hubby to the story for parsley tomorrow.

[identity profile] lady-karelia.livejournal.com 2009-04-15 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
I hope you'll like the outcome! Yeah, I use cheesecloth (which I think is cotton...), and I remember my grandma used ordinary tea towels (also cotton). I didn't know you had German origins. If you need recipes, holler, I'll be happy to provide them in English if I have them. :D
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[identity profile] valady.livejournal.com 2009-04-15 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, my maternal grandfather came to the US around 1898. Both he and my grandmother passed on when I was three so I really don't remember them. Thanks so much, if something comes to mind I'll give a yell. *hugs*

[identity profile] dhark-charlotte.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
So, is the dumpling actually suspended within the water or only above it, steaming vs boiling?

I've not had this before but it looks yummy.

Germans + bread type food = like air is to breathing LOL

[identity profile] lady-karelia.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's suspended above the water, so, yeah, steaming. :)

Too right about the Germans! ROFL

[identity profile] dhark-charlotte.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
It has to be genetic.