for 4 person

250	low-fat quark
50 g	butter, soft
¼ tsp	salt
1	egg
1	organic lemon
200 g	zopf flour
1 tsp	baking powder

8	plums
8 cube	cane sugar
	salted water, boiling

6 tbsp

cane sugar

How it's done

Combine the quark with the butter, salt and egg. Grate a little lemon zest and stir in. Mix the flour with the baking powder, add and quickly combine to a smooth dough.

Slice the plums so that the two halves are still connected. Replace the stone with 1 sugar cube and fold the plums together again. Shape the dough into a roll, cut into 8 evenly-sized pieces. Flatten the pieces, place 1 filled plum in the centre of each piece, wrap in the dough and shape into a ball. Steep the dumplings in batches in gently simmering salted water for approx. 20 mins. per batch, remove with a slotted spoon, drain.

Coat the dumplings with the sugar.

Serve with a vanilla sauce.

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