This simple recipe for Austrian Topfenknödel (curd or cream cheese dumplings) with deliciously crispy toasted sugared breadcrumbs tastes great with any kind of compote, roasted fruit or berries or jam.
The dough is also ideal for apricot dumplings, plum dumplings or other fillings.
You can use storebought unflavored breadcrumbs or make the breadcrumbs from scratch easily with this tutorial.
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Austrian Topfenknödel (Cream Cheese Dumplings)
Delicious recipe for Austrian Topfenknödel (Cream Cheese Dumplings) with variations for curd cheese, farmer's cheese and cream cheese.
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For the dumplings
- 60 g butter or margarine lukewarm ⅓ cup or 4 tablespoons
- 1 egg
- pinch of salt
- 250 g curd cheese Topfen or farmer's cheese 1 cup, if you use cream cheese instead, please see notes below
- 80 g breadcrumbs ½ cup unflavoured, unsalted
- 40 g wheat flour ¼ cup no whole wheat
For the roasted breadcrumbs
- 60 g butter 4 tablespoons
- 200 g breadcrumbs ~1 cup unflavoured, unsalted
- 60 g sugar ⅓ cup
For serving
- powdered sugar to taste
Instruction
For the dumplings
- With a blender or whisk, mix butter/margarine with an egg and a pinch of salt. Add curd cheese/farmer's cheese, breadcrumbs and flour and mix with a spoon or your hands for about 1-2 minutes.
- Put to fridge for 30 minutes.
Roasted Breadcrumbs
- Melt butter in a large pan. Add breadcrumbs and sugar. At medium heat, roast for 5-10 minutes until golden brown. Stir constantly, they burn easily. If in danger of burning, put out of pan onto a plate)
Form and cook Dumplings
- Divide batter into equal pieces and form dumplings. (About 2 inch diameter)
- Bring water to a boil in a large pot (about 3 liters min.). Add a pinch of salt and cook dumplings for about 5 minutes on medium heat.
- The dumplings are cooked when they float to the surface.
- Drain dumplings and roll in breadcrumbs.
Serve
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with lots of breadcrumbs.
Notizen
Cream Cheese instead of curd cheese or farmer’s cheese: use 250g of cream cheese (~ 1 cup) and add one more egg as well as 4 tablespoons of breadcrumbs and 3 tablespoons of flour to the original recipe.
Nährwerte
Serving: 150g | Calories: 340kcal
Franklin O meint
Hello - How long can they be chilled in a refrigerator? Can they be stored in a freezer, too?
Angelika Kreitner-Beretits meint
Hello! They taste best when fresh but can be stored ~2 days in the fridge, for reheating don't cook but rather microwave or enjoy cold 😉
The dumplings can also be frozen: ideally, you freeze the raw, uncooked dumplings and put directly into boiling water,
To freeze cooked dumplings is also possible, (should not be cooked again though)
I also wrote sthg about this here:
https://www.vienna-sunday.kitchen/austrian-soulfood-series-grannys-fluffy-apricot-dumpling/
Hope this was helpful! Greetings from Vienna, Angelika