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🍰 Classic Plum Dumplings with Vanilla Sauce

1204 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 400 g potatoes (floury)
• 100 g flour
• 2 tbsp semolina
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tbsp sugar
• salt
• 12 plums
• 12 pieces sugar cubes
• 150 g butter
• 100 g breadcrumbs
• 3 tbsp powdered sugar
• 250 ml milk
• 250 ml whipping cream
• 1 vanilla pod
• 5 egg yolks
• 100 g sugar

Instructions

1. 1. Pour the milk and cream into a pot.
2. 2. Open the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds.
3. 3. Add the pod and seeds to the milk and cream mixture.
4. 4. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring.
5. 5. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until creamy.
6. 6. Slowly stir the hot milk and cream mixture into the egg yolk cream.
7. 7. Pour everything back into the pot.
8. 8. Heat the sauce over very low heat while stirring constantly.
9. 9. Do not let the sauce boil again.
10. 10. Strain the vanilla sauce through a fine sieve.
11. 11. Let the sauce cool down.
12. 12. Sprinkle some sugar on the surface to prevent a skin from forming.
13. 13. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
14. 14. Cook the potatoes with the skin on for about 25 minutes.
15. 15. Drain the water.
16. 16. Rinse the potatoes briefly with ice-cold water.
17. 17. Peel the potatoes while they are still hot.
18. 18. Press the potatoes through a potato ricer.
19. 19. Let the potato mixture cool down completely.
20. 20. Add flour, semolina, butter, sugar, egg yolk, and a pinch of salt to the potato mixture.
21. 21. Work the ingredients into a homogeneous dough.
22. 22. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes.
23. 23. Wash the plums.
24. 24. Cut the plums in half lengthwise.
25. 25. Remove the pits.
26. 26. Fill the hollowed-out plums with a piece of sugar cube.
27. 27. Flour your work surface.
28. 28. Shape the dough into a roll with a diameter of about 5 cm.
29. 29. Cut the roll into 12 equal pieces.
30. 30. Flatten the dough pieces slightly.
31. 31. Place a filled plum in the center of each dough piece.
32. 32. Shape the dumplings round and seal them well.
33. 33. Put the dumplings into boiling water.
34. 34. Cook the dumplings for about 20 minutes.
35. 35. Nudge the dumplings occasionally so they turn.
36. 36. Melt butter in a large pan.
37. 37. Fry the breadcrumbs in the butter until golden brown.
38. 38. Remove the breadcrumbs from the pan and set them aside.
39. 39. Lift the finished dumplings out of the water.
40. 40. Let the dumplings drain briefly.
41. 41. Roll the dumplings in the breadcrumb butter.
42. 42. Arrange the dumplings on plates.
43. 43. Dust the dumplings with powdered sugar.
44. 44. Serve the dumplings immediately with the vanilla sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 1204
• Protein: 18 g · Fett/Fat: 69 g · Carbs: 125 g