10 To 12 slices stale bread 1 tb Minced parsley
1 ts Salt 1 ts Marjoram
1 1/2 c Lukewarm milk 2 Eggs
3 sl Bacon, diced Breadcrumbs if needed
1 sm Onion, chopped
Cut bread or rolls, with crusts, into small pieces,
put in a bowl and sprinkle with salt. Pour lukewarm
milk over bread and let soak for an hour. If there is
excess milk in bowl at that time, pour it off. Fry
bacon in skillet with chopped onion until bacon is
almost crisp and onion is soft and golden. Toss in
parsley and marjoram and saute 3 or 4 minutes. Add
bacon, onion and herbs to bread mixture. Mix eggs in
thoroughly. If dumpling batter is to soft to form, add
breadcrumbs, a tablespoon at a time, until batter is
firm enough. With wet hands or two wet tablespoons,
form a test dumpling. Drop into boiling salted water
and simmer, partially covered for 20 minutes.
10 to 12 Dumplings
FROM “The German Cookbook by Mimi Sheraton”
Yields
4 servings