Perfect Apricot Dumplings with Curd Cheese Dough

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Step-by-step method

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You're making tender apricot dumplings with a no-rise curd cheese dough that comes together in minutes – no waiting around needed. The real fun is in shaping the dough around your fruit and then boiling them until they float, which takes about 5–8 minutes total. It's a surprisingly quick dessert that looks impressive and tastes even better with a simple topping of poppy seeds, sugar, and melted butter.

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Making the dough

Mix the prepared ingredients with the softened butter into a smooth dough that doesn't stick.
Ingredients
- 500 gram Medium-Fine Wheat Flour
- 1 piece Chicken Eggs
- 150 milliliter Fresh Semi-Skimmed Milk (1.5% Fat)
- 3 gram Salt
- 50 gram Unsalted Butter
- 250 gram Semi-Fat Curd Cheese
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Tip

If the dough is sticky, add a little more flour as needed.
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Pitting the fruit

Prepare your fruit. Strawberries can be left whole, and for blueberries use a bit more per dumpling. Remove the pits from any stone fruit.
Ingredients
- 100 gram Apricot

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Shaping the dough

Pinch off pieces of dough and flatten each one into a small round in the palm of your hand.
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Adding the fruit

Place the fruit in the centre, close the dumpling around it, seal it well, and roll it into a nice round shape.
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Preparing the dumplings

Shape the whole batch of dumplings this way. From this amount of ingredients you'll get about twenty dumplings, depending on the size of the fruit you use.
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Boiling

Boil in a large pot of lightly salted water for 5–8 minutes (depending on size). Let the cooked dumplings drain.
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Serving

Serve with whatever you like best. Today we went with poppy seeds, sugar and melted butter.
Ingredients
- 30 gram Ground poppy seeds
- 30 gram Powdered Sugar
- 30 gram Unsalted Butter

Perfect Apricot Dumplings with Curd Cheese Dough

Name: Fluffy Apricot Dumplings, No-Rise Dough
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 47 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 3 gram Salt; 80 gram Unsalted Butter; 500 gram Medium-Fine Wheat Flour; 1 piece Chicken Eggs; 150 milliliter Fresh Semi-Skimmed Milk (1.5% Fat); 250 gram Semi-Fat Curd Cheese; 100 gram Apricot; 30 gram Powdered Sugar; 30 gram Ground poppy seeds

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Prep 17 min Cook 7 min

9 Ingredients

8 Steps

Medium Difficulty

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What's in it?

601 kcal

Calories

109 g

Carbohydrates

20 g

Fats

26 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

Today I've got a recipe for you for a curd cheese dough that needs no rising at all. That means no waiting around – you can start boiling the dumplings straight away. It's quick, and this dough has never once let me down. I've tried it with pretty much every fruit imaginable, and it always turns out delicious.

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