Recipe for quark-strawberry dumplings

Ingredients

• 30 g margarine, room temperature
• 30 g powdered sugar
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1/2 lemon zest (grated)
• 205 g quark
• 2 eggs
• 30 g semolina
• 120 g breadcrumbs
• approx. 18 pieces or 13 strawberries
• 1 pinch of salt (for the cooking water)
• 50 g butter
• 200 g breadcrumbs
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar

Preparation

1. For the quark dough, mix the margarine, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and lemon zest into a dough (best with a hand mixer).

2. Then add the quark, eggs, semolina and 120 g breadcrumbs and knead well with your hands.

3. Wrap the whole in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

4. Wash the strawberries and cut them into small pieces.

5. With floured hands, shape small dumplings and press a piece of strawberry into the center, then seal well.

6. Place the finished dumplings on a floured cutting board.

7. Bring water with a pinch of salt to a boil in a large pot.

8. Add the fruit dumplings and let simmer for about 10 minutes.

9. The dumplings should float to the top — then they are cooked.

10. Meanwhile, toast the 100 g breadcrumbs and the powdered sugar in a little butter in a pan; it should be lightly golden brown.

11. Lift the dumplings out of the water individually with a sieve and place them into the breadcrumb mixture, rolling them lightly so everything is coated.