Dithmarscher Mehlbeutel (steamed yeast dumpling)

Name: Dithmarscher Mehlbeutel (steamed yeast dumpling)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 500 g plain flour; 1 pack dried yeast (7 g); 60 g sugar; 1 pinch salt; 250 ml lukewarm milk; 2 piece eggs (medium); 60 g soft butter or margarine; 100 g raisins; 1 can sour cherries (680 g); 1 tbsp sugar for the cherries; 1 tbsp cornflour; 60 g butter or margarine for drizzling; 3 tbsp sugar for sprinkling; 1 tsp cinnamon

A German classic from Schleswig-Holstein: in Dithmarschen the big Mehlbeutel counts as festive food, served in times past with bacon and smoked pork loin, though today it is usually sweet. A light yeast dough with raisins cooks in a cloth over steam into one large, cotton-soft dumpling that comes to the plate in thick slices with melted butter or margarine, cinnamon sugar and warm cherries. Serves 4.

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Cook time

95 min

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Servings

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Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

1030 kcal

Calories

18 g

Protein

30 g

Fat

165 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 4 servings

Estimated cost~€2.25 · ~€0.55/serving

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Instructions

1
Mix the flour with the dried yeast, the sugar and the salt in a large bowl. Add the lukewarm milk, the eggs and the soft butter or margarine and knead everything into a smooth, soft yeast dough.
2
Knead in the raisins and leave the dough to rise, covered, in a warm place until it has visibly grown.
3
Flour a clean tea towel generously, lay the dough in it and tie the cloth loosely, so that the dough still has plenty of room to rise.
4
Heat plenty of water in a large pan. Suspend the bag so that it floats freely in the water without touching the bottom and cook it at a gentle simmer with the lid on.
5
Drain the sour cherries, catching the juice as you go. Bring the juice to the boil with the sugar for the cherries, stir in the cornflour slaked with a little cold water and warm the cherries through in it.
6
Melt the remaining butter or margarine. Mix the sugar for sprinkling with the cinnamon.
7
Turn the Mehlbeutel out of the cloth, cut it into thick slices and drizzle them with the melted butter or margarine. Sprinkle over the cinnamon sugar and serve the warm cherries alongside.