Tirolean Dumplings
An Austria dinner made with pork. Ready in about 1 hour 15 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 55 minPrep (about)
- 20 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 15 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 5 oz smoked ham
Fresh & other
- 11 oz bread
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 5 eggs
- 3 shallots
- Knob butter
- 3 tbsp flour
- Garnish butter
- Garnish parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
Spices & seasonings (4): parsley, salt, pepper, nutmeg
- 3 tbsp parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- To taste salt
- To taste pepper
- Pinch nutmeg
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Finely chop your shallots, plus dice the smoked ham or sausage in small cubes.
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Heat butter or clarified butter in pan and sweat the onions in it till see-through.
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Add the meat and the parsley.
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Fry together before removing from the heat.
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Place the bread in a bowl.
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Beat the milk with the eggs.
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Season well with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
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Pour over the bread.
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Stir in the sausage and onion paste.
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Mix in the flour.
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Mix to form a relatively firm paste.
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Season again according to taste.
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Smooth the surface of the dough out.
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Leave to stand for approx, 30 minutes.
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Heat up good quantity of salted water in a big pan.
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Use the paste to form smaller dumplings or medium-sized dumplings, as required.
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Moisten your hands regularly using cold water during this stage so that your dumplings take on smooth forms.
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Place in boiling water.
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Bring back to the boil.
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Turn down the heat.
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Simmer for 8-20 min, depending on the size.
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Remove from the water, dry off well.
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Dish up garnished using chopped parsley and melted butter.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.