Apricot dumplings with breadcrumbs on a fruit mirror

Ingredients for 5 servings:

• 10 g butter
• 250 g quark
• 70 g flour
• 70 g soft wheat semolina
• 1 egg(s)
• 10 small apricots
• 10 sugar cubes
• 40 g butter
• 80 g breadcrumbs
• 30 g powdered sugar
• 100 g blueberries

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 50 minutes

from the show “The Perfect Dinner” on VOX from 26.10.2023

Heat the butter in the microwave or on the stovetop and place it in a mixing bowl. Drain the whey from the quark and wring it out in a linen cloth to make it as dry as possible. Add it to the mixing bowl along with all the other ingredients. Briefly mix the dough with a hand mixer and chill for at least an hour (the longer the better). In the meantime, pit the apricots. Since the pit will be replaced with a sugar cube, simply cut into it with a knife so that the fruit remains whole. After pitting, press a sugar cube into each apricot and “seal” it again. Roll out the chilled dough on a floured work surface into 10 equal-sized pieces. So each apricot will be a dough disc! Now place the apricot in the center of each dough disc and wrap it in the dough. The apricot should be well enclosed in the dough, otherwise the dough could come loose again during cooking. Bring lightly salted water to a boil in a large pot and cook the dumplings in the gently simmering water for about 10-15 minutes. They are done as soon as the dumplings float to the surface. While the dumplings are cooking, melt butter in a pan and fry with powdered sugar and breadcrumbs until golden brown. Remove the finished dumplings from the water with a ladle and toss them in the pan with the butter, breadcrumbs, and sugar mixture. To serve, briefly chop the blueberries with a hand blender and distribute this “fruit mirror” on the plates. Place a dumpling on each plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Marius prepared this recipe as a dessert on the show “The Perfect Dinner” – Day 4 from Bremen – on Thursday, October 26, 2023.