Semolina and Quark Nockerl with Cherry Sauce

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Ingredients for 8 portions
  • For the Nockerl
  • 125 g QimiQ Classic Vanilla, room temperature
  • 250 g Low fat quark [cream cheese]
  • 150 g Wheat semolina
  • 2 Egg(s)
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 pinch(es) Salt
  • For the cherry sauce
  • 600 g Cherries, tinned
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Corn flour / Starch
  • 1 pinch(es) Cinnamon
  • For the starch
  • 30 g Butter
  • 60 g Bread crumbs
  • Powdered sugar, to dust
Method
1.
For the Nockerl, whisk QimiQ Classic smooth. Add the quark, egg, semolina, sugar and salt and mix well. Allow to rest for 20 minutes.
2.
For the sauce, mix the starch with 4 tbsp of the cherry juice to a smooth paste. Bring the remaining juice and cherries to the boil and adjust the taste with the sugar and cinnamon. Bind with the starch paste while stirring continuously and allow to cook for a further 2 minutes.
3.
Bring plenty of salt water to the boil. Using a wet tablespoon, spoon small dumplings (nockerl) out of the mixture and place carefully into the boiling water. Allow to cook for 15 minutes over low heat.
4.
For the crumbs, fry the butter in a pan, add the crumbs and fry until golden brown.
5.
Remove the nockerls with a draining spoon, roll in the golden crumbs and serve with the cherry sauce, dusted with powdered sugar.