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    Cheese Bread Dumplings (Kaspressknödel)

    Published: Feb 10, 2020 · Modified: Jan 16, 2023 by Helene Dsouza

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    Cheesy pressed and fried bread dumplings are real comfort food that you need to try!
    Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
    Prep Time: 30 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Resting Time: 30 minutes
    12 dumplings
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    cheese knödel

    Cheese Bread Dumplings, better known as Kaspressknödel, is an Austrian regional Knödel dumpling variety.

    Those are great comfort food and help you to use up stale bread.

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    • 📕 What are Pressknödel?
    • 💡 Advantages making them
    • 🔪 How to make it?
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    • 💭 FAQs
    • 👁️ More Knödel Dumpling Recipes
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    📕 What are Pressknödel?

    Pressknödel are flattened cheese bread dumplings.

    They are a specialty in the region of Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol Italy.

    The word Pressknödel means a pressed down dumpling (Knödel are dumplings).

    These cheese bread "patties" are special because they are my winter comfort food.

    Most visitors to Austria usually get to try them out as they are presented as soup dumplings with a clear soup.

    💡 Advantages making them

    Yep, these dumplings taste so good that most of us get addicted to them but that's not the reason why they are so great.

    The dumplings were created by peasants to use up leftover stale bread because back then people would not waste food.

    The zero-waste, sustainable and eco-friendly diet (yep that's a thing!) is an advocate for dinner meals that reuse foods that are not necessarily spoiled but stale.

    Your stale bread is cut into cubes or chunks and is turned into a wonderful dish, almost effortlessly.

    use up stale bread to make bread dumplings

    🔪 How to make it?

    Here is a rough outline of how you can make this one-pan cheese bread dumplings recipe from scratch.

    The full recipe with ingredients and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

    Step 1

    Sautee chopped onion soft in a pan with butter.

    Combine the sauteed onion, cubed stale bread, milk, eggs, cheese and seasoning in a bowl.

    bread dumpling mass

    Step 2

    Leave the mass to rest for at least 30 minutes and mix it all up again just before shaping.

    Shape into same sized balls (not all too large).

    shape bread dumpling

    Step 3

    Heat up a frying pan with butter or oil and wait for the oil to get hot enough.

    Place a few dumplings into the pan and press them gently down. Don't overcrowd the pan.

    press bread dumplings into pan

    Cook on both sides golden brown.

    Serve hot.

    fried dumplings

    🍴 Serving

    Traditionally these flat tyrolean dumplings are served with a clear soup.

    I just love them with a green salad at the side.

    Normally we serve them up for lunch or dinner but we always make some extra.

    That way they can be enjoyed as a savory afternoon snack too.

    💭 FAQs

    What cheese to use?

    Traditionally mountain cheese or beer cheese is used. You can choose any other well seasoned salty cheese. The cheese gives all the flavors to these bread patties, making cheese the main ingredient.

    What's the best bread for these bread dumplings?

    Stale white bread, such as bread rolls, are used to make these bread dumplings. You can use stale country-style bread too or the same cubed stale bread that you would use for a Thanksgiving holiday stuffing.

    Can you freeze those bread dumplings?

    Yes, you can freeze these Knödel dumplings. Just prepare and shape them as per the recipe directions and place them on a sheet pan in the freezer. When hard frozen, take them out and place frozen into containers and back into the freezer until further use. To thaw keep in the fridge overnight or use the defrost function on your oven or microwave.

    Aren't those German dumplings?

    No, these are not German dumplings because these bread dumplings are a regional specialty from Austria. The North Italian region of South Tyrol shares this dumplings' specialty with the Austrian North Tyrol region. South Tyrol was annexed by Italy after WWI. Hitler then sealed the deal by renouncing South Tyrol in a deal with Mussolini, the Fascist dictator of Italy.

    👁️ More Knödel Dumpling Recipes

    • Semmelknödel (plain round bread dumplings)
    • Bratknödel (with beef)
    • Canederli North Italian dumplings recipe by disgracesonthemenu.com
    • Marillenknödel (sweet apricot dumplings)
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    Cheese Bread Dumplings (Pressknödel) Recipe

    Cheesy pressed and fried bread dumplings are real comfort food that you need to try!
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Austrian
    bread dumplings recipe, cheese bread dumplings
    Prep Time: 30 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Resting Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
    Servings: 12 dumplings
    Calories: 157kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1 Onion chopped
    • 2 Tablespoon Butter
    • 7 ounces Stale Bread cubed, *see Notes
    • 7 ounces Cheese grated, *see Notes
    • 2 Tablespoon All-purpose Flour
    • 2 Eggs
    • 1 Teaspoon Salt
    • ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
    • 1 Teaspoon Oregano Dried or Marjoram
    • 6.7 fluid ounces Milk
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Heat up a pan with 1 tablespoon butter and sautee your onion soft. Take from heat when done and keep aside.
    • Add to a large bowl the sauteed onion, stale bread cut in cubes, cheese, all-purpose flour, eggs, salt, black pepper, oregano or marjoram, and the milk.
    • Mix it all with your hands to a semi-dry/wet mass. It should be able to stick together. If it's too wet or dry adjust by adding small quantities of flour, stale bread or milk.
    • Leave the mass to rest for 30 minutes at least.
    • Mix again the mass before shaping and then take some bread dumpling mass into your hand and shape into a tight sticking ball. Repeat the process with the remaining mass and keep the dumplings on a pan.
    • Heat up the same pan from earlier with the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Wait for it to get hot but don't get to smoking point.
    • Take dumplings and press into the hot pan to create flattened dumplings. Fill up the pan but don't overcrowd. There should be enough space to turn the dumplings.
    • Control the heat all the time and turn dumplings to cook on both sides golden crispy.
    • Serve still hot. See serving suggestions in the post.

    Notes

    1. You can use stale bread or you can buy prepared cubed stale bread, just like the one you would use for your thanksgiving stuffing.
    2. Pick a flavorful cheese of your choice. We use mountain cheese but something like a sharp cheddar is a good choice too.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Cheese Bread Dumplings (Pressknödel) Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 157 Calories from Fat 81
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 9g14%
    Saturated Fat 5g25%
    Cholesterol 51mg17%
    Sodium 417mg17%
    Potassium 92mg3%
    Carbohydrates 11g4%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 2g2%
    Protein 8g16%
    Vitamin A 290IU6%
    Vitamin C 1mg1%
    Calcium 170mg17%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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