Central European Cheese Dumplings Recipes

CHEDDAR CHEESE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Stir together flour and mustard in medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese. Add milk; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto simmering stew. Cover; cook over medium-low heat 20 to 25 minutes or until dumplings are firm when pressed.

CENTRAL EUROPEAN CHEESE DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. In a food processor or blender, or with an electric mixer, combine the cheeses, onion, and salt. Add the eggs and beat until smooth. Beat in the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir in enough of the semolina to produce a firm dough. (Getting the moisture level right so that the batter holds together in your hand is the tricky part.) Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. (The semolina absorbs moisture from the batter and firms it.) 2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a gentle boil. Using 2 moistened soup spoons or your hands moistened with water, form the batter into 1 1/2-inch balls. 3. Drop the dumplings in the water in batches and stir gently to prevent sticking. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until they expand and rise to the surface, about 15 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a bowl. Serve warm. To keep warm or reheat, place in a 200°F oven. VARIATIONS Austrian Jam-Filled Cheese Dumplings (Gefulte Topfenknodel): In the dumpling batter, omit the onion and add 3 to 5 tablespoons sugar and, if desired, 1 to 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest. Press a deep indentation into the cheese balls, fill with about 1/4 teaspoon lekvar (prune butter) or other jam (about 1/4 cup total), and press the dough around the filling to enclose. Cook as above. Serve with sweetened whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, or jam. Romanian Cheese-Cornmeal Dumplings (Papanush): Omit the onion and substitute 1/2 to 3/4 cup fine-grind yellow cornmeal for the semolina.

CENTRAL EUROPEAN CHEESE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• 1. In a food processor or blender, or with an electric mixer, combine the cheeses, onion, and salt. Add the eggs and beat until smooth. Beat in the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir in enough of the semolina to produce a firm dough. (Getting the moisture level right so that the batter holds together in your hand is the tricky part.) Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. (The semolina absorbs moisture from the batter and firms it.)
• 2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a gentle boil. Using 2 moistened soup spoons or your hands moistened with water, form the batter into 1 1/2-inch balls.
• 3. Drop the dumplings in the water in batches and stir gently to prevent sticking. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until they expand and rise to the surface, about 15 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a bowl. Serve warm. To keep warm or reheat, place in a 200°F oven.
• Austrian Jam-Filled Cheese Dumplings (Gefulte Topfenknodel)
• In the dumpling batter, omit the onion and add 3 to 5 tablespoons sugar and, if desired, 1 to 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest. Press a deep indentation into the cheese balls, fill with about 1/4 teaspoon lekvar (prune butter) or other jam (about 1/4 cup total), and press the dough around the filling to enclose. Cook as above. Serve with sweetened whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, or jam.
• Romanian Cheese-Cornmeal Dumplings (Papanush):
• Omit the onion and substitute 1/2 to 3/4 cup fine-grind yellow cornmeal for the semolina.

SWEET CHEESE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cream the butter and beat in the yolks 1 at a time. Add the curd, semolina, lavender, cream, flour, and lavender, and let rest for 1 hour, making sure to cover.
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to boil.
• Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff and fold into the curd mixture.
• Using a tablespoon, drop the batter into the water. Boil for 8 minutes.

CHEESE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine Bisquick, parmesan and oregano.
• Add milk and stir until a dough forms.
• With Bisquick-dusted hands, roll dough into 12 balls.
• Add the dumplings to soup; cover and simmer until dumplings are cooked through, about 10 minutes.