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Bread Dumpling with Fruit

4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 pcs white bread rolls
• 1 pcs egg
• 20 g butter
• milk (as needed)
• salt (a little)

Instructions

1. Allow 2 white bread rolls, 1 egg, and 20 g of butter per person.
2. Cut off the crust of the bread, dice finely, and fry until yellow in butter.
3. Grate the white bread, pass through a sieve, and moisten with milk.
4. Cream the butter well with the egg yolks, add a little salt and the white bread, and finally fold in the stiff egg whites.
5. Beforehand, cook fresh pears or dried fruit with plenty of water and sugar for a while.
6. Form a large dumpling from the dough, place it in the center of the fruit, and cook it there for about 1 hour until done.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.