Fried Dumplings Recipe for Bavarian Knödelgröstl

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Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Sauerkraut 300 g; white wine 100 ml; concentrated vegetable broth 200 ml; bay leaves 2 pc; Apple 1 pc; clarified butter 25 g; brown sugar 4 pinches; Bread dumplings from the day before 4-6 pc; Sunflower oil 1 tbsp; majoram 1 tsp; Salt 1 pinches; black pepper 1 pinches; butter 25 g; horseradish 1 tbsp; Créme Fraîche 2 tbsp; radishes 2 pc; majoram 1/2 Bund

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In this article I will show you my Fried Dumplings Recipe for Bavarian Knödelgröstl.

For roasted dumplings you should use bread dumplings or napkin dumplings from the previous day.

Roasted dumplings are a popular leftover food in Bavaria and Austria.

Instead of the typical and well-known preparation with egg I show you today a variation with sauerkraut and apple.

I wish you good luck and a good appetite!

Table of Contents

1. Recipe Fried Dumplings
2. Calories and Nutritional Values
3. Shopping List Fried Dumplings – Bavarian Knödelgröstl
4. Top Tips for Fried Dumplings
5. More Ideas

1. Recipe Fried Dumplings

Following my recipe with exact ingredients.

I wish you good success and am happy about a comment…

Fried Dumplings – Bavarian Knödelgröstl

Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2

Calories 354

Preparation Time 15 Min.

Cook Time 15 Min.

Total Time 30 Min.

Simple instructions for preparing dumpling gröstl.

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Ingredients

Sauerkraut as a side dish with fried dumplings
300	g	Sauerkraut (pickled cabbage)
100	ml	white wine
200	ml	concentrated vegetable broth
2	pc	bay leaves
Ingredients for glazed apples
1	pc	Apple
25	g	clarified butter
4	pinches	brown sugar (I prefer to use raw cane sugar!)
Ingredients for dumpling gröstel
4-6	pc	Bread dumplings from the day before
1	tbsp	Sunflower oil
1	tsp	majoram (Dried marjoram has proved its worth here…)
1	pinches	Salt
1	pinches	black pepper
25	g	butter
1	tbsp	horseradish (named “Meerrettich” in Germany, “Kren” in Austria)
2	tbsp	Créme Fraîche
2	pc	radishes
Decoration
1/2	Bund	majoram (fresh)

Instruction

Preparation step 1

Boil sauerkraut for the quick pork roast — Sauerkraut Boiling

Prepare sauerkraut

Place the sauerkraut in a large saucepan with the white wine and vegetable stock on the stove and bring to the boil.

Add the bay leaf.

Let the sauerkraut simmer for 20 minutes at medium heat.

Preparation step 2

Cut apple wedges — Apple wedges prepared on the kitchen board.

Prepare apples

Wash and halve the apple, remove the core and cut into eighths.

Brown the apple slices in a large pan with clarified butter, then add the sugar and caramelise lightly.

Place the apples on a plate and clean the pan.

Preparation step 3

Prepare dumplings

Cut the dumplings into slices about 5 mm thick.

Heat the pan and fry the dumpling slices on both sides in sunflower oil.

Add the butte, froth and season with marjoram, salt and pepper.

Preparation step 4

Variant 1

Drain the sauerkraut onto a sieve and arrange on warm plates.

Add the roasted dumplings and apple slices in a fan shape.

Decorate with the fraiche cream and radish, sprinkle with fresh horseradish and serve.

Preparation step 5

Close-up of dumplings roasted dumplings — Delicious dumplings for your kitchen … roasted dumplings served with sauerkraut and horseradish sauce and apple pieces …

Variant 2

Alternatively you can pass some sauerkraut juice and boil it up in a second pot.

Refine with horseradish and butter as well as cream or crème fraîche and boil down.

Then arrange the sauerkraut in the middle.

Add the roasted dumplings and the apple pieces.

Mix the sauce with a hand blender and add to the Gröstl.

Good success!

2. Calories and Nutritional Values

3. Shopping List Fried Dumplings – Bavarian Knödelgröstl

For the fried dumpling you need the following ingredients…

Bread dumplings or napkin dumplings from the day before, pretzel dumplings also work!
Sauerkraut
White wine dry
Vegetable broth
Apples
Butter
Marjoram
Horseradish from the glass
Créme fraiche
Salt, pepper, sugar
Radischchen for the decoration

You can find the exact amounts of ingredients further down in the Recipe Fried Dumplings – Bavarian Knödelgröstl.

Variation of the Bavarian Knödelgröstl: From the sauerkraut juice you can make a simply and fast horseradish sauce.

4. Top Tips for Fried Dumplings

Here are some good tips for your Dumpling Gröstl…

You can fry the dumpling slices in a large pan or fry them crispy with a little more fat.
Were the dumplings a side dish for roast goose the day before?
Then you can use some goose fat to fry the dumplings and conjure up a special taste for Gröstl.
Only slices of fried goose oil will make Gröstl a gourmet experience!
Important for dumplings: The side dish should be ready before you put the dumplings in the pan for frying.
Instead of sauerkraut you can serve this dumpling with a colourful leaf salad or a green salad.
Season the dumplings with salt, pepper and marjoram, then the Gröstl tastes better. Butter rounds off the taste…
When friends visit you, a dumpling is a great dish. You can prepare the Gröstl quickly and serve it as finger food on small plates.

Then one last tip remains… for Gourmets 🙂 …

Pass some sauerkraut juice into a second pot.
Bring sauerkraut juice to the boil and refine with cream or crème fraîche and horseradish.
Reduce the sauce by half, then mix with cold butter and add to Gröstl. WOW that tastes delicious!
Tip from Chef Thomas Sixt

Delicious Bavarian Knödelgröstl fried dumpling for your kitchen… roasted dumplings served with sauerkraut and horseradish sauce and apple pieces…