Dampfnudel en Cocotte

You can make these fluffy, comforting steamed buns to accompany the savory part of the meal or serve them sweet for dessert. My father loved them sweet. I remember I made these for him at his request a year before he died of cancer, when I was fifteen. So I like to serve them his way, with poached plums, using the poaching liquid to finish the steaming.

When serving savory ones, omit the sugar (and if you wish, poach them in stock rather than water