Cheese Dumplings

Ingredients

• 250 g white crustless bread
• 250 ml milk
• 2–3 eggs
• 250 g cheese
• 50 g butter
• 1 onion
• 1 pinch each of salt, pepper, parsley, and caraway seeds
• to taste flour

Steps

1. Mix the eggs with the milk.
2. Soak the white bread in the egg mixture.
3. Knead and then let it rest.
4. Brown the onions with the butter in a pan.
5. Add the cooked onions, salt, pepper, parsley, caraway seeds, and grated cheese to the white bread.
6. Add the flour and let the mixture rest for a further 10 minutes.
7. Form dumplings that are approximately the size of a golf ball.
8. Then press them flat (about 2–3 cm / 0.8–1.2 inch thick).
9. Forming them is easiest when your hands are slightly wet.
10. Heat some butter or oil in a pan.
11. Put in the pressed cheese dumplings.
12. Cook them on one side and then the other until golden brown.
13. Place the dumplings on a paper towel to absorb the excess fat.
14. Serve the dumplings in a beef broth, with sauerkraut or a green salad.
15. Enjoy!