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Is frying the only way I can cook these Schupfnudeln?

  • October 13, 2024



I bought these a few weeks ago when Lidl was having a German week as I'd never had this type of dumpling. I'm planning to have them with some Gulasch later and noticed the instructions tell you to fry them.

Is this the only way? I'm looking to avoid using so much oil. Are they able to be warmed through in hot water instead like other potato dumplings?

Thanks!

by nkdont

5 comments

  4. Frying them in a bit of butter in a pan is enough. They don’t need to be deep fry them.

  5. They’re generally fried.

    If you heat them in water, they probably won’t turn poisonous though. You do you.

    I’m a bit surprised that they call them “dumplings”. They’re considered to be a kind of pasta, hence the “Nudeln” in the name (English “noodles” is a direct loan from German). There’s potato in them, so in that sense they’re similar to Italian gnocchi.

    But then again, I could never quite pin the English term “dumpling” down, as it’s used for all sorts of different foods that don’t belong in a single category for me.

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