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🍽️ Cottage Cheese Potato Dumplings

762 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 400 g flour
• 4 eggs
• salt
• 400 g mealy-cooking potatoes
• 200 g quark
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 large onion
• 2 tbsp butter
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 100 g bacon cubes
• 2 tbsp butter

Instructions

1. 1. Mound the flour on a clean work surface.
2. 2. Create a well in the center of the flour.
3. 3. Add the eggs, half a teaspoon of salt, and a little water if needed into the well.
4. 4. Knead the ingredients into a firm and smooth dough.
5. 5. Wrap the dough in cling film.
6. 6. Let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.
7. 7. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
8. 8. Cook the potatoes in salted water for about 30 minutes until tender.
9. 9. Peel the cooked potatoes.
10. 10. Press the potatoes through a potato ricer.
11. 11. Peel the onion.
12. 12. Dice the onion finely.
13. 13. Fry the onion cubes in butter until golden yellow.
14. 14. Mix the fried onions with the quark and the egg yolk.
15. 15. Fold this mixture into the mashed potatoes.
16. 16. Season the filling with salt and pepper.
17. 17. Dust the work surface with flour.
18. 18. Roll out the dough thinly.
19. 19. Cut out circles with a diameter of 4 to 5 centimeters.
20. 20. Place a heaped teaspoon of filling in the center of each dough circle.
21. 21. Fold the dough over to form half-moons.
22. 22. Press the edges carefully to seal.
23. 23. Press patterns into the edges with a fork if desired.
24. 24. Boil the dumplings in salted water for about 5 minutes.
25. 25. Sweat the bacon in hot butter.
26. 26. Drain the cooked dumplings.
27. 27. Toss the drained dumplings in the pan with the bacon.
28. 28. Fry the dumplings briefly.
29. 29. Serve the finished dumplings.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 762
• Protein: 30 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 91 g