The most delicious Germknödels for at home
In Austria, you will occasionally see Germknödel on the menu, but what exactly is it? And how do I make it at home? A Germknödel is a large dough ball with plum compote in the middle. The ball is steamed and eaten warm with melted butter and a topping of poppy seeds and icing sugar and sometimes also with warm vanilla sauce.
If you have never tried it before I would definitely recommend it! It often suffices as lunch during winter sports or after a brisk mountain hike. Got the hang of it? With this recipe, you can try making it at home too.
Germknödel recipe for 4 persons
- 250 g flour
- 3 gr yeast
- 20 g sugar
- Grater of half a lemon
- 120 ml lukewarm milk
- Half an egg
- 30 g unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 tablespoons plum compote or plum jam
For the poppy seed topping:
- 3 tablespoons of poppy seeds
- 3 tablespoons of icing sugar
- 60 g unsalted room temperature butter
Equipment:
- steamer
- baking paper
Steps:
- Put the flour in a bowl.
- Cut the butter into small cubes.
- To the bowl of flour, add the sugar, yeast, lemon zest, lukewarm milk and diced butter.
- Knead until you get a nice cohesive and supple dough.
- Form the dough into a ball.
- Place this on a dish, cover with a damp tea towel.
- Put it away in a warm place (such as over the heater on the windowsill) and leave to rise for half an hour.
- Remove the dough from the dish and knead it again.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces.
- Using a rolling pin, form each piece into a flat round disc.
- Spoon a spoonful of plum compote or jam in the centre of each disk.
- Fold closed in the shape of a ball and place seam-side down on a piece of baking paper.
- Repeat for all pieces of dough.
- Place a damp tea towel over the 4 pieces and leave to rise again for half an hour.
- Meanwhile, prepare your steamer pan.
- Steam the knödels for 15 minutes.
- Melt the rest of the butter.
- Serve each knödel on a plate with a spoonful of butter and the poppy seed topping on top.
Enjoy your meal!
Tip, also read our Topfenstrudel recipe or our Kaiserschmarrn recipe .
