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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Season with salt and pepper.
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.
Arrange dumplings and carrots. Sprinkle with chives and parmesan and sprinkle with butter.