Polenta Cheese and Speck Dumplings
90
Min.
average
Ingredients for 4 Serves
Dumplings
- 150 g South Tyrolean speck, cubed
- 400 g black polenta flour (buckwheat flour)
- 10 g wheat flour
- 150 ml water
- 2 eggs
- 100 g leek
- 150 g chives
- 15 g parsley
- 80 g South Tyrolean mountain cheese
- Salt
Additional ingredients
- Cabbage salad
- Melted butter
- Parsley, finely chopped
Step 1: Cut the mountain cheese into nut-sized cubes and finely chop the leek, chives and parsley.
Step 2: In a bowl, mix the two types of flour with the water, eggs, leek, chives, parsley, speck and salt. Let the mixture rest for 1 hour.
Step 3: Shape the mixture into small, oval dumplings. Press a cube of cheese into the centre of each dumpling and seal it well.
Step 4: Cook the dumplings in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes.
Step 5: Serve on a plate, drizzled with melted butter and garnished with parsley, with cabbage salad on the side.
