Canederli Tirolesi {Tyrolean Dumplings}
 
 
How to use stale bread and make a delicious dish!
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 30 ml (2 T.) corn or vegetable oil
  • 100 grs. (3.5 oz.) 2 mms bacon slices or speck, diced
  • 100 grs. (3.5 oz.) Hungarian salami or mild salami, diced
  • 350 grs. (12 oz) stale bread
  • 250 ml (1 c.) milk
  • 60 grs. (2 oz.) grated Parmigiano cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 30 grs. (1/4 c.) flour
  • 120 grs. (4 oz.) butter, melted
  • 2 lts. (2 qts.) beef broth
  • chopped parsley
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the bacon and salami for 5 minutes just until slightly crisp.
  2. Trim the crust of the stale bread, cut it into pieces and soak in milk until absorbed.
  3. Add the bread to the pan with salami and bacon and cook until the liquid evaporates.
  4. Cool about 10 minutes.
  5. Bring the broth to a boil in a large pot.
  6. Add 30 grs.(1 oz) Parmigiano cheese, flour and egg to the cooled pan with the bread and meat.
  7. With wet hands form mixture into 12 balls
  8. Boil the balls in the pot with the boiling broth for 25-30 mins.
  9. Serve 2 dumplings cut in half, with a generous handful of Parmigiano cheese and melted butter and chopped parsley. In alternative you can serve with 2 ladles of broth and Parmigiano cheese.
Recipe by Ortensia Blu at https://ortensiablutraveladventures.com/canederli-tirolesi-tyrolean-dumplings/