Kniddelen (Luxembourgish Dumplings)

If you love comfort food, then I think you're going to really like these Luxembourgish Dumplings, Kniddelen!

What are Kniddelen?

These dumplings are the ultimate Luxembourgish comfort food. It’s a very simple recipe combining flour, egg, salt, and milk for the thick dough, and bacon, cream and parsley as the toppings.

You could make this as a single portion or for a whole family. 

The Kniddelen Dough Recipe

In order to create the Kniddelen dumplings, you want to combine flour, egg, salt, and milk into a large bowl. Whisk until a thick pancake-like batter has formed. Place the dough into the fridge for 1 to 2 hours, covered in cling film. This recipe is for one portion, so feel free to double or triple (or times it by however many people you’ll be feeding) the quantities! 

The Toppings & Sauce

There is a plethora of topping options for this dish. However, I’ve picked out three of the most traditional ones; bacon, cream, and parsley. 

For this recipe, fry the bacon first, then add in the cooked dumplings, then the cream, and then finally top the concoction with chopped parsley. Alternatively, you could create the sauce separately and then pour it over the cooked dumplings, however, I think it’s nice to fry the dumplings after having boiled them, for extra flavour!

If you’re wanting to make this dish vegetarian, you could fry up some leeks, mushrooms, and cream. 

Cooking & Serving Kniddelen

Once your dough has been in the fridge for one to two hours, you want to cook the dumplings in a pan of salted boiling water until they float to the surface. Using a spoon, drop spoonfuls of the dough into boiling water. Cook them for around 4-5 minutes. Remove the dumplings and cut into bite-size pieces.

In a frying pan, begin making your sauce. Fry up some bacon and then add in your dumplings. Fry for 3 minutes and then pour in your cream. Season well and then plate up the dumplings with a sprinkle of parsley!

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