Holzknechtnocken (austrian Boiled Dumplings)
Traditional dish with all-purpose flour, boiling water, lard.
- prep 5 min
- cook 10 min
- total 15 min
- serves 4
- easy
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 cup boiling water
- to taste lard
Steps
- Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Add water.
- Knead until you get a dough.
- Form dumplings.
- Add them to a pot of boiling water.
- When the dumplings rise to the surface of the water, they are done.
- Melt lard in a heavy-bottomed skillet with deep sides.
- Add the dumplings.
- Fry until they are golden.
- Serve with sauerkraut or steamed apples.
Adapted from “Holzknechtnocken (Austrian Boiled Dumplings)”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.