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Königsberger Klopse from a cookbook from 1898

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 500 g minced meat, mixed
  • 2 eggs
  • 30 g breadcrumbs
  • 2 pinches of pepper
  • 10 g salt
  • ½ liter of water
  • 2 onions
  • peppercorns
  • Spice grains
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 20 g butter
  • capers
  • 1 jar white wine
  • lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1 egg yolk

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

Mix the ground meat, eggs, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper well and form 8-9 dumplings. Boil water with onions, spices, peppercorns, and bay leaf for 30 minutes. Then add the butter, a pinch of salt, and the meatballs, and boil for another 30 minutes. Remove the meatballs from the sauce, strain them through a sieve, and return them to the pot. Add the capers, white wine, and a little lemon juice. Thicken the sauce with 1 tablespoon of flour dissolved in a little cold water. Finally, stir in the egg yolk, but do not cook. Place the dumplings in the sauce and let it simmer for a short while. Traditionally, serve with boiled potatoes and beets. This recipe sounds more difficult than it is. Even I, a novice cook, managed it easily and without help, and my family and relatives were thrilled.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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