Austrian Topfenknödel (Cream Cheese Dumplings)

Austrian Topfenknödel (Cream Cheese Dumplings)

Delicious recipe for Austrian Topfenknödel (Cream Cheese Dumplings) with variations for curd cheese, farmer's cheese and cream cheese.

Arbeitszeit 30

Ruhezeit 30

Gesamt 1

Portionen portions

Zutaten

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

Anleitung

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.

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Mai 30, 2022

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