Knedle

Plum dumplings

Serbian knedle, plum-filled dumplings
Alternative names knedle
Type Dumpling
Main ingredients Potato dough, plum
Cookbook: Plum dumplings  Media: Plum dumplings

Plum dumplings, popularly known as knedle (from knödel, "dumpling"), is a dish of boiled potato-dough dumplings filled with plums, popular in Central and East European cuisines. The dish is eaten as dessert, a main dish, or side dish.

Name

It is known as plum dumplings in English, and in other languages as: Austrian German: Zwetschkenknödel, German: Zwetschgenknödel, Hungarian: szilvásgombóc,[1] Serbo-Croatian: Knedle od šljiva, Knedle sa šljivama, Slovene: slivovi cmoki, Slovak: slivkové knedle,[1] Czech: švestkové knedlíky,[1] Polish: Knedle ze śliwkami,[2] Romanian: Gomboții cu prune.[3] It is simply known as knedle in the Slavic languages.

Preparation

The dough is made with mashed potatoes. Some recipes use eggs in the dough, some flour. The dough is flattened out and cut into squares. The plums are inserted inside the dumplings by hand.[4] Some versions of the dish use noodles instead of potatoes. The preparation can include removing the stone and stuffing the fruit with sugar. The plums are then completely wrapped in dough and dropped in boiling water. When they start floating, they are taken out, sprinkled with sugar, and served. They can also be covered with breadcrumbs fried in butter. Cinnamon or sour cream are sometimes added before serving. It seems that the dish originated in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. 1 April 2015. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-0-19-931361-7.
  2. Robert Strybel; Maria Strybel (2005). Polish Heritage Cookery. Hippocrene Books. pp. 478–. ISBN 978-0-7818-1124-8.
  3. 1 2 Gelu Radu; Corina Radu. Cookbook from Transylvania and other places of the world (Carte de bucate ardelenesti si nu numa'): 150 illustrated step‑by‑step recipes, written in Transylvanian dialect and English. Fan Zone SRL. pp. 154–155. GGKEY:6P9PP2SUQ3H.
  4. "Hungarian Plum Dumplings Recipe - Szilvas Gomboc". About.com. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  5. Adamsbaum, Mark; Lengyel, Reka (2012). Dirty Hungarian: Everyday Slang from What's Up? to F*%# Off!. Ulysses Press. p. 151. ISBN 1612430538.

Sources

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