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Ham Dumplings or Knödel

4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g cooked ham
• 2 pcs white bread roll
• 1 pcs shallot
• 2 pcs eggs
• bread roll (as needed)
• pepper (a little)

Instructions

1. Finely chop 250 g lean, cooked ham.
2. Roast a diced white bread roll with a finely sliced shallot in butter, then mix with the ham.
3. Add 2 eggs, a soaked and squeezed bread roll, and enough grated breadcrumbs to form a firm dumpling dough.
4. Season with a little pepper.
5. Form into round dumplings, cook in unsalted water, and serve with potato salad.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.