Sweet Cheese Dumplings

Name: Sweet Cheese Dumplings
Yield: Serves Four to Six
Ingredients: sifted icing (confectioners’) sugar and sprigs of mint, to decorate; 15–30 ml/1–2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; 15 ml/1 tbsp double (heavy) cream; 50 g/2 oz/⅓ cup semolina; 450 g/1 lb/2 cups curd (farmer’s) cheese; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter; 3 eggs, separated

Preparation info

Serves
Four to Six

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

Eastern European desserts have long featured dumplings, dumplings and more dumplings. Serve these cheese-filled treats with sugared berries or compote.

Ingredients

40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter
3

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter and beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Stir in the curd cheese, semolina and cream. Mix well, cover and stand for 45 minutes.
Whisk the egg whites in a grease-free bowl until stiff, then carefully fold into the curd cheese mixture together with the flour.