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🍰 Crispy Quark Dumplings with Juicy Pears

485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 pears
• 1 tbsp lemon juice and butter each
• 2 tsp powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp pear schnapps
• 300 g floury potatoes (from the day before)
• 100 g flour
• 150 g low-fat quark
• 1 pinch salt
• 1-2 egg (size M)
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 3 tbsp ghee
• cinnamon-sugar mixture
• mint (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the pears into quarters.
2. 2. Peel the pears and remove the core.
3. 3. Cut the pears into thin wedges.
4. 4. Heat the butter in a frying pan.
5. 5. Sear the pear wedges briefly in the hot butter.
6. 6. Add the powdered sugar and lemon juice.
7. 7. Simmer the pears briefly.
8. 8. Add the pear schnapps.
9. 9. Remove the pears from the pan and place them in a bowl.
10. 10. Let the pears cool down completely.
11. 11. Grate the potatoes finely.
12. 12. Add the flour, quark, a pinch of salt, the eggs, and the raisins to the potato mixture.
13. 13. Knead everything into a smooth dough.
14. 14. Shape small club-shaped dumplings from the dough.
15. 15. Heat the clarified butter in a pan.
16. 16. Fry the quark dumplings until golden brown in the fat.
17. 17. Sprinkle the finished dumplings with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
18. 18. Plate the dumplings with the cooled pears.
19. 19. Garnish the dish with fresh mint.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 485
• Protein: 15 g · Fett/Fat: 18 g · Carbs: 69 g