Peel the onions. Cut 1 onion into fine cubes, the rest into wedges. Remove the white bread edge and cut the inside of the white bread into small cubes. Heat milk and butter and pour over the white bread cubes. Add flour, onions and eggs, season with salt and pepper. Knead to a dough and let it rest for a short time
Drain beetroot well. Divide the dough into 8 equally sized pieces, form into balls and press flat. Place 1 beetroot ball in the middle of each dough. Form the dough into a dumpling around it. Place the dumplings in boiling salted water and cook over medium heat for 20-25 minutes. Wash parsley, shake dry and chop finely
Wash the meat, dab dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a pan. Sauté the meat in it for about 3 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm. Fry the onion slices and diced ham in the frying oil and deglaze with stock. Mix 2 tbsp. water with starch, pour into the onion sauce, thicken with it and season with pepper, bring to the boil again. Carefully lift the dumplings out of the water, drain and roll them in parsley. Arrange dumplings with lamb and onion sauce