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Capuns
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Capuns (Swiss Dumplings)

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Swiss
Servings: 6 Capuns
Author: Emily Roz

Ingredients

Dough

  • 175g plain flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp plain yoghurt
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 100ml milk
  • 1 onion, finely chopped & fried
  • 2 inches Salsiz (dried sausage), finely chopped
  • Bunch parsley, finely chopped

Wrapper

  • 6 swiss chard leaves

Poaching Sauce

  • 100ml single cream
  • ½ cube of beef stock
  • 100ml water

Toppings

  • 50g Swiss cheese, grated
  • A few more thin slices of the dried sausage

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 210C or 190C fan.

For The Dough

  • In a large bowl, add in all of the ingredients apart from the sausage, fried onions, and parsley. Mix thoroughly until well combined.
  • Then, add in the three remaining ingredients and mix mix mix!
  • You want the dough to be of a similar consistency to a very thick cake batter. If the mixture is too wet, simply add more flour.
  • Cover with cling film and set aside in the fridge for 15 minutes.

The Wrapper

  • Cut off the stems of the Swiss chard so you're left with the leaf.
  • Boil the leaves for 1 minute and then remove and pat dry.

Wrapping The Dumpling

  • Place a chard leaf on a surface and place a spoonful of the dough at the thicker-ended stem side of the leaf. Gently wrap and roll the dumpling up into a parcel by folding in the edges as you go.
  • Repeat this process with all the other 6 dumplings.

Cooking & Serving The Capuns

  • Place the Capuns in a baking dish and pour over the creamy bouillon.
  • Cover the dish with tin foil and place the dumplings into the oven for 15-20 minutes.
  • Remove the dumplings from the oven and sprinkle them with Gruyère cheese and dried sausage. Serve up and enjoy!