An alternative to traditional dumplings, white or with spinach, for a first course that children like too!
If you have been on vacation in South Tyrol surely you have tasted them. Let's talk about dumplings, delicious bread dumplings of various sizes, which are served in broth or with other condiments, such as butter and cheese, or various sauces. If traditionally they are found white or green, or with the addition of spinach, in Südtirol Yes they also prepare with beets, which give the dish a cheerful red or purple color. Here is the recipe!
The recipe for beetroot dumplings
Ingredients for 4 people
To prepare the dumplings you will need 100 g of cooked beets, 50 g of white onion, 120 g of old bread to be diced, 2 eggs, 20 g of flour, 40 g of butter, 70 g of cheese (parmesan or a cheese seasoned typical of South Tyrol, such as Graukäse), 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, salt.
Method
Clean the onion, cut it into small cubes and brown it in half the butter. Separately peel the beets and also cut them into cubes. Transfer the onions and beets to a bowl and blend everything together with the help of the immersion blender. Add the eggs and continue stirring. Pour in this cream also the cheese (about 50 g, the rest will be used to season the dumplings) and the stale bread, which you will have cut into very small cubes.
Then add the flour, parsley and season with salt. Leave the dough to rest for half an hour. Then form the dumplings by creating balls with a diameter of about 3 centimeters with your hands. Put a saucepan with plenty of water on the fire and bring it to a boil. Season it with salt and cook the dumplings.
Serve them with the remaining melted butter and grated cheese.
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