Not only Asia has dumplings, in beautiful Austria in the heart of Europe also has a unique sweet dumplings.
Austria - a small country in the heart of Europe known for its ancient capital Vienna, with Mozart music, or beautiful valleys lingered beneath the mighty Alps ... Austrian cuisine is also known for its many cakes Sweet as famous as Sacher Torte, croissant, apple sugar ... and to mention Germknödel - unique plum jam dumplings.
Germknödel is a relatively simple dish, just a crust of wheat-flour dumplings and plum jelly cooked and finally buttered, sprinkled with flour and poppy seeds on the surface. The cakes will be served hot, butter flowing makes Germknödel a relatively fat dish. Germknödel is a combination of hot soft cakes, sweet plums, fatty greens and a bit crunchy from poppy seeds. This dumpling is very popular in Austria and is often served as a dessert after the meal, however, it can also be the main dish.
Germknödel is believed to have appeared in Austria during the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church created the Germknödel on their Lent. During Lent, church members are not allowed to eat meat on Friday, so they have to find alternatives. Fish was very expensive at the time, so most people eat vegetables, eggs and especially breads from flour. Germknödel was originally just a vegetarian dumplings with a little vegetable and a little butter on the surface. Since most Australians are Catholics, Germknödel is rapidly spread throughout society.
Germknödel plum jam that we know today is a variant appeared from the eighteenth century. Prunes (also called Powidl) are the soul of this dish. Called jams, but in Powidl there really was not any sugar. The fresh plum will be cooked with cloves, cinnamon on the fire until 24 hours to jam into plastic and dark purple. Powidl will be mixed with rum to add aroma and then take to make bread. Because of the jam there is no sugar, so the taste of Germknödel is absolutely gentle and natural.
Germknödel is so popular in every café and is one of the favorites most Australians love. This dish is especially loved in the winter due to the hot service when the snow falls outside. So simple, but thanks to the subtle flavor that you definitely should try once if the opportunity to come to Austria beautiful.
Source: Globalconnections, Homecookingadventure, Wikipedia