Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • milk 1/16 lt., approximately 65 ml.
  • 7/8 tablespoon yeast brewer's
  • 3/4 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • salt
  • 2 1/8 tablespoons butter
  • 6 2/3 tablespoons compote black plum
  • 1 teaspoon rum
  • ground cinnamon
  • 1 3/4 ounces ground poppy seeds
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 1/4 tablespoons butter

Method

  • Place the flour in a large bowl.
  • Dissolve the yeast and the sugar in the warm milk and pour it over the flour.
  • Add the egg yolk, a pinch of salt, and the melted butter and begin kneading (if necessary, add some more milk).
  • Continue kneading until the dough no longer sticks to your hands.
  • Cover with a kitchen towel and let the dough rest in a warm area for approximately 1 hour.
  • In the meantime, combine the plum compote with the rum and a pinch of ground cinnamon.
  • Divide the dough into 12 balls of the same size, roll them out slightly, add 1/2 teaspoon of the plum mixture and seal the dumpling closed.
  • Let the dumplings rise on a floured work surface for approximately 25 minutes.
  • Bring a stockpot full of salted water to a simmer and cook the dumplings for 6 minutes, turn them over with a slotted spoon and cook them for an additional 6 minutes.
  • Remove them from the stockpot with the slotted spoon.
  • Serve the germknodel hot with melted butter, powdered sugar and poppy seeds or vanilla cream.