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Cheese Bread Dumplings (Pressknödel) Recipe
Cheesy pressed and fried bread dumplings are real comfort food that you need to try!
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Resting Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 12 dumplings
Calories: 157 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Austrian
Ingredients
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 Tablespoon butter
- 7 ounces stale bread cubed, *see Notes
- 7 ounces cheese grated, *see Notes
- 2 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- 1 Teaspoon oregano dried or Marjoram
- 6.7 fluid ounces milk
Instructions
- Heat up a pan with 1 tablespoon butter and sautee your onion soft. Take from heat when done and keep aside.
- Add to a large bowl the sauteed onion, stale bread cut in cubes, cheese, all-purpose flour, eggs, salt, black pepper, oregano or marjoram, and the milk.
- Mix it all with your hands to a semi-dry/wet mass. It should be able to stick together. If it's too wet or dry adjust by adding small quantities of flour, stale bread or milk.
- Leave the mass to rest for 30 minutes at least.
- Mix again the mass before shaping and then take some bread dumpling mass into your hand and shape into a tight sticking ball. Repeat the process with the remaining mass and keep the dumplings on a pan.
- Heat up the same pan from earlier with the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Wait for it to get hot but don't get to smoking point.
- Take dumplings and press into the hot pan to create flattened dumplings. Fill up the pan but don't overcrowd. There should be enough space to turn the dumplings.
- Control the heat all the time and turn dumplings to cook on both sides golden crispy.
- Serve still hot. See serving suggestions in the post.
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Notes
- You can use stale bread or you can buy prepared cubed stale bread, just like the one you would use for your thanksgiving stuffing.
- Pick a flavorful cheese of your choice. We use mountain cheese but something like a sharp cheddar is a good choice too.
Nutrition Information
Calories
157kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
11g
(4%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
51mg
(17%)
Sodium
417mg
(17%)
Potassium
92mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
290IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
170mg
(17%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12dumplings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 157
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 157kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 51mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 417mg | 17% |
| Potassium | 92mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 290IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 170mg | 17% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.