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Sponge Dumplings or Floating Dumplings

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup Milk
• 1 cup Flour
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 2 pcs Egg yolks
• 1 pinch Mace
• Salt (a little)
• Zwieback (a little)
• 1 pcs Egg

Instructions

1. Stir 1 cup of milk, an equal amount of flour, and ½ tablespoon of butter over heat until the mixture separates from the pot.
2. After cooling slightly, stir in 2 egg yolks, a pinch of mace, salt, another ½ tablespoon of butter, crushed zwieback, and finally the egg white of one egg, beaten to a foam.
3. Cut out the dumplings with a wet spoon and cook for 10 minutes.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.