This recipe for Cherry and Sweet Cheese Dumplings is quick and easy, making it a delightful choice for dessert, breakfast, or even dinner. These dumplings can be prepared with or without fruit fillings and require no baking.
Depending on the season, you can use dried fruits like raisins or cranberries. You can also customize the breadcrumb mixture by adding vanilla instead of cinnamon, incorporating ground walnuts, or experimenting with your favorite flavors.
Cheese dumplings are a staple in my household, a recipe I frequently turn to for something delicious and quick. Ready in just about 30 minutes, they are a hit with the kids.
While these Cherry and Sweet Cheese Dumplings make a wonderful dessert, I often serve them for dinner or even breakfast.
How to make Cherry and Sweet Cheese Dumplings
Begin with preparing the breadcrumb mixture for coating the dumplings. In a medium frying pan, mix the breadcrumbs with oil and cook on low-medium heat until golden brown, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Once cool, stir in the sugar and cinnamon.
Next, prepare the cheese dumplings. In a medium bowl, mix the farmer’s cheese with eggs and sugar. Add the semolina flour and all-purpose flour, and mix until well blended. Set aside for a few minutes while you prepare the cherries.
Bring a medium pot of water to a boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Take a spoonful of the cheese mixture and form small balls, inserting cherries in the middle.
Place the dumplings into the hot water. The dumplings are done when they rise to the surface of the water, which takes about 8-10 minutes. Using a strainer, remove the dumplings from the water and roll them in the breadcrumb mixture. Sprinkle the rest of the breadcrumb mixture over the dumplings and serve.
Hope you will try these amazing cheese dumplings and enjoy them as much as we did! If you do, make sure to share the photos with me on Instagram. Would love to see how these turn out for you.
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Cherry & Sweet Cheese Dumplings
Ingredients
- 1 pound (500g) farmers cheese
- 2 tbsp (30g) sugar
- 2 eggs
- 6 tbsp (60g) semolina flour
- 3 tbsp (30g) flour
- fresh cherries , seeded and drained
Seasoning Mixture
- 7 oz (200g) dried fine breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp (30g) oil
- 1/3 cup (70g) sugar
- cinnamon
Instructions
Prepare the breadcrumb mixture for coating the dumplings.
- In a medium frying pan mix breadcrumbs with oil and cook on low-medium heat until golden brown. Stir constantly to prevent burning. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. When cool enough stir in sugar and cinnamon.
Prepare the cheese dumplings.
- In a medium bowl mix farmers cheese with eggs and sugar. Add semolina and flour and mix until well blended. Set aside for few minutes until you prepare the cherries.
- Bring a medium pot of water to boil then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Take a spoonful of the cheese mixture and form small balls after inserting cherries in the middle.
- Put the dumplings into the hot water. Dumplings are done when they rise at the surface of the water, about 8-10 minutes. Using a strainer remove from water and roll them in the breadcrumbs mixture. Sprinkle the rest of the breadcrumb mixture over the dumplings and serve. Â
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Oh my god these sound & look amazing!! I loooove cherries, will definitely have to try this recipe. 🙂
These look so simple and perfect! I’ll have to give them a try, then try not to eat them all!
These look amazing! I love your red napkins – they are so pretty!
These look nice and tasty, but i have never tried them with a cheese, but with potato and plums 🙂 I got these recipe on my blog, but every change and new taste is welcome 🙂
I’m wondering if you are of European descent. I’m of Czech descent and my husband is from Austria so I make dumplings similar to these. I also make them with strawberries and apricots. We love all of them. Delicious!! So wonderful to see some here. They look so yummy!!
Wow, I’ve never seen anything like these and they look absolutely amazing! One question though, what is farmer’s cheese?
I am glad you liked this recipe. More clear info regarding farmer cheese you can find here:
https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-farmer-cheese.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer_cheese
I used only farmer cheese made from cow milk. Sometimes I even make it at home in very small quantities for my daughter but for 500 g of farmer cheese you need too much milk, so it’s better to buy it.
Pretty Pictures!
i always wondered what to do with farmer cheese. looks good!
I saw the pictures and knew I would have to make these. Sadly, I only had coconut flour in the pantry, and learned the hard way that you cannot, repeat, CANNOT substitute it for the semolina and flour :-0 Rookie mistake I guess. All my little dumplings melted into one big, quivering blob of cheese and cherries. I strained it and, when it cools, we’re going to eat it in bowls with the breadcrumbs sprinkled on top. It may look wrong, but I’m thinking it will still taste great!
I am sorry it didn’t work. I’ve never worked with coconut flour but now I will know what to expect from it. Hope you will try this recipe with the right ingredients, it’s worth trying.
My mother also makes this, but without the farmers cheese and with plums instead of cherries. But i think i would like this recipe a whole lot better. Will definitely have to make this with my mom the next time i visit her.