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🍽️ Classic Serviette Dumplings with Cheese Topping

944 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 800 g stale rolls
• 400 ml milk
• 2 shallots
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
• 4 eggs
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• nutmeg
• 1 tbsp butter (for the cloth)
• butter (for the dish)
• 50 g freshly grated Alpine cheese
• 50 g freshly grated sheep's milk cheese
• 50 g freshly grated blue cheese

Instructions

1. 1. Slice the bread rolls into thin pieces.
2. 2. Bring the milk to a boil in a pot.
3. 3. Pour the hot milk directly over the bread slices.
4. 4. Let the mixture soak for about 10 minutes.
5. 5. Peel the shallots and chop them very finely.
6. 6. Sauté the shallots in hot butter until translucent.
7. 7. Remove the pan from the heat.
8. 8. Stir the chopped parsley into the shallot mixture.
9. 9. Mix the shallot-parsley mixture with the eggs.
10. 10. Fold the egg mixture into the soaked bread.
11. 11. Check the consistency: The mixture must not be too wet and must be easy to shape.
12. 12. Season the dough with salt, pepper, and ground nutmeg.
13. 13. Take a clean linen or kitchen towel that has been boiled and wrung out thoroughly.
14. 14. Brush the center of the towel thinly with butter.
15. 15. Place the dumpling dough onto the buttered center of the towel.
16. 16. Shape the dough into a long roll.
17. 17. Wrap the roll tightly in the towel.
18. 18. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
19. 19. Boil the wrapped dumplings in salted water until cooked through.
20. 20. Lift the dumplings carefully out of the water.
21. 21. Let the dumplings drain briefly and rest.
22. 22. Unwrap the towel and remove the dumplings.
23. 23. Slice the dumplings into thick rounds.
24. 24. Butter a baking dish.
25. 25. Place the dumpling slices in the dish in an overlapping, shingle-like pattern.
26. 26. Mix the cheese of your choice.
27. 27. Distribute the cheese evenly over the dumpling slices.
28. 28. Place the baking dish in the preheated oven.
29. 29. Gratin the dumplings until the cheese is golden brown and bubbling.
30. 30. Serve the finished dumplings with fresh green salad as desired.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 944
• Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 35 g · Carbs: 118 g