Spinach dumplings with vanilla carrots

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 250 g Frozen spinach
  • 200 g White bread
  • 2 Shallots or 1 onion
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 2 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Milk
  • 1 TABLESPOON + some flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Nutmeg
  • 1 Vanilla pod
  • 50 g Walnut kernels
  • 500 g Carrots
  • 1 collar Chives
  • 80 g Parmesan (piece)

Directions

  1. 1

    For the dumplings, boil up the frozen spinach in a pot. Defrost at medium heat, put it on a sieve, drain and let it cool down.

  2. 2

    Cut bread into small cubes. Peel shallots and garlic and dice finely. Heat 1 tablespoon of butter. Sauté shallots and garlic in it. Squeeze out the spinach, mash briefly with the eggs in a tall mixing bowl.

  3. 3

    Mix with bread, shallots mix, milk and 1 tablespoon flour. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Knead the mixture well and form into 8 dumplings with floured hands.

  4. 4

    For the carrot vegetables, cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the pulp. Finely chop the walnuts. Peel and wash the carrots and cut them into fine sticks.

  5. 5

    Bring plenty of salted water to the boil in a wide saucepan. Add the dumplings and let them simmer at low heat for 8-10 minutes until they rise to the top, meanwhile fry the carrots, vanilla pod, vanilla pulp and walnuts in 2 tablespoons of hot butter for 5-7 minutes.

  6. 6

    Season with salt and pepper.

  7. 7

    Wash the chives, shake dry and cut into fine rolls. Grate the parmesan. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter and brown lightly. Remove the dumplings with a skimmer and let them drip off. Remove the vanilla pod from the carrots.

  8. 8

    Arrange dumplings and carrots. Sprinkle with chives and parmesan and sprinkle with butter.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
470 kcal
CARBS
36 g
FATS
26 g
PROTEINS
19 g

Categories & Tags

Miscellaneousvegetarianeasy