🇦🇹 Austrian Cuisine

Germknödel

Yeast Dumpling with Plum Filling

Prep Time 1 hour (rising)
Servings 4
Difficulty Medium
Calories 450 kcal

A large, fluffy steamed yeast dumpling filled with plum jam, drowned in vanilla sauce, and topped with poppy seeds and melted butter.

Ingredients

  • 500g all-purpose flour
  • 7g dry yeast
  • 250ml warm milk
  • 60g sugar
  • 60g butter, melted
  • 2 egg yolks
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 150g Powidl (plum jam)
  • 80g ground poppy seeds
  • 60g melted butter for topping
  • Vanilla sauce

Instructions

  1. 1 Dissolve yeast in warm milk with 1 tsp sugar. Let stand 10 min until frothy.
  2. 2 Mix flour, remaining sugar, and salt. Add yeast mixture, egg yolks, melted butter, and vanilla. Knead 10 min until smooth and elastic.
  3. 3 Cover and let rise 1 hour until doubled.
  4. 4 Divide dough into 4-6 portions. Flatten each, place a spoonful of Powidl in the center, and pinch closed.
  5. 5 Steam dumplings over simmering water for 15-18 min until puffed and cooked through (or simmer in water).
  6. 6 Serve each Germknödel in a pool of vanilla sauce, drizzled with melted butter and sprinkled with ground poppy seeds and sugar.

Did You Know?

After a day of skiing in the Austrian Alps, a Germknödel at the ski hut is considered a sacred ritual — no ski day is complete without one.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/austrian/germknoedel/