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🍽️ Quark Dumplings with Pepper Vegetables

226 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.5 tsp pickled green peppercorns (jar)
• 250 g low-fat quark
• 10 g durum wheat semolina (1 tbsp)
• 20 g ground almond kernels (2 heaped tbsp)
• salt
• 400 g bell peppers (1 red and 1 yellow bell pepper each)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 small onion
• 4 sprigs lemon thyme
• 100 ml classic vegetable broth
• 1 egg white
• 70 g cherry tomatoes
• pepper

Instructions

1. 1. Place the peppercorns in a sieve and let them drain well.
2. 2. Finely chop the peppercorns.
3. 3. Mix the low-fat quark, semolina, almonds, and chopped pepper in a bowl.
4. 4. Season the mixture with salt.
5. 5. Let the quark mixture swell for ten minutes.
6. 6. Cut the bell peppers into quarters lengthwise.
7. 7. Remove the seeds from the pepper quarters.
8. 8. Rinse the deseeded pepper quarters.
9. 9. Cut the pepper quarters into thin strips.
10. 10. Peel the garlic.
11. 11. Peel the onion.
12. 12. Cut the garlic into strips.
13. 13. Cut the onion into strips.
14. 14. Wash the lemon thyme.
15. 15. Shake the thyme dry.
16. 16. Set aside two sprigs of thyme.
17. 17. Pluck the thyme leaves from the remaining sprigs.
18. 18. Pour the vegetable broth into a pot.
19. 19. Add the pepper strips to the pot.
20. 20. Add the garlic strips to the pot.
21. 21. Add the onion strips to the pot.
22. 22. Add the thyme leaves to the pot.
23. 23. Bring the mixture in the pot to a boil.
24. 24. Cover the pot.
25. 25. Simmer the vegetables on low heat for ten minutes.
26. 26. Separate the egg: Carefully lift the yolk away from the egg white.
27. 27. Whip the egg white until stiff.
28. 28. Fold the whipped egg white into the quark mixture using a rubber spatula.
29. 29. Rinse two tablespoons under cold water.
30. 30. Shape eight elongated dumplings from the quark mixture using the wet spoons.
31. 31. Bring salted water to a boil in a pot.
32. 32. Add the quark dumplings to the boiling water.
33. 33. Cook the dumplings for ten minutes on low heat.
34. 34. Ensure the water moves slightly and does not boil vigorously.
35. 35. Wash the cherry tomatoes.
36. 36. Let the tomatoes drain.
37. 37. Halve the cherry tomatoes.
38. 38. Add the halved tomatoes to the pepper vegetables.
39. 39. Heat the vegetables with the tomatoes for about five minutes.
40. 40. Season the pepper vegetables with salt and pepper.
41. 41. Lift the quark dumplings out of the water with a slotted spoon.
42. 42. Serve the quark dumplings with the pepper vegetables.
43. 43. Garnish the dish with the reserved thyme sprigs.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 226
• Protein: 24 g · Fett/Fat: 6 g · Carbs: 16 g