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Carthusian Dumplings

4 servings

Ingredients

• 3 pcs milk buns, grated, halved
• 2 cup milk
• 2 pcs eggs
• 1 tbsp sugar
• lemon zest, mace or cinnamon (a little)
• butter, plenty, for frying (a little)
• compote or wine or fruit sauce (as needed)

Instructions

1. Grate the milk buns and halve them.
2. Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, and lemon zest, mace, or cinnamon, pour over the buns, and let soak for 2-3 hours.
3. Once thoroughly soaked, sprinkle with the grated crust and fry in plenty of hot butter until dark yellow.
4. Arrange the dumplings with compote or serve with wine or fruit sauce.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.