Recipe. Tyrolean cheese dumplings

You’ll find the famous Tyrolean Kaspressknödel at every mountain hut or alpine pasture in Tyrol. The toughest question you’ll then face is: do you want your Kaspressknödel with soup today, or would you prefer them with a salad? To save you from having to make such difficult decisions after a strenuous hike, we’ll show you here how you can easily recreate these special and well-known Tyrolean dumplings at home.

By the way: according to a survey, the best Kaspressknödel in the whole of Tyrol can be found at our Kraftort Walderalm on the beautiful Gnadenwald high plateau.

To make approx. 8 dumplings, you will need the following ingredients:

300 g dumpling bread or dried, crumbled white bread
200 g Graukäse or other strong mountain cheese
1 onion
100 ml milk
4 eggs
50 g butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Parsley, chives to taste

Here’s how to make the famous Kaspressknödel:

Finely chop the onion and fry gently in butter.
Place all the ingredients in a bowl. Crumble the Graukäse into the mixture.
Mix all the ingredients well and shape into a firm mixture.
Shape into flat dumplings.
Fry in a pan with hot fat until they are golden brown.
You’re spoilt for choice: choose either a salad or soup and enjoy!