Ingredients:
Dumpling dough
- 150 g dumpling bread
- 2 eggs
- 100 ml milk
- 30 g onion
- 20 g butter
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tbsp chives
And also
- 150 g Stelvio cheese
- 20 g grated parmesan
- 30 g browned butter
- 2 tbsp chives
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Preparation:
- Mix the milk and the dumpling bread and set aside to absorb. Sauté the finely chopped onion in the butter until golden brown, add to the dumpling bread along with the eggs, chives, salt and pepper and knead thoroughly.
- Cut the Stelvio cheese into 4 cm long pieces. With wet hands, wrap the cheese in the mixture, pressing it into a quenelle-shaped dumpling. Cook in abundant salted boiling water for approx. 15 minutes.
- Remove the dumplings from the water, drain briefly and arrange on plate with parmesan, brown butter and chives.
Wine recommendation:
“Nama” Chardonnay Alto Adige DOC 2019 Cantina Nals Margreid | South Tyrol
Stelvio Cheese:
In 2007, " Stelvio" was credited with protected designation of origin. Each day, fresh milk is collected from 350 South Tyrolean mountain farms for use in cheese production.
© Astrid Kircher