Recipe: Kasnocken

Its about time again to write something about home,
was just looking in the freezer and found some Bierkäse (Beercheese) from home,
so I thought lets make quick some Kasnocken.

Ingredients:
1/4 l water
1 egg
1 cup (300 g) flour
1/4 cup (70 g) butter
120 g fat cheese and 120 g low-fat cheese OR 250gram Pinzgauer Bierkäse
salt and pepper
1 big onion, cut into rings
1 bunch of chives, finely chopped

First make a dough with 1/4l water, 1 egg and the cup of flour. This dough should be fairly firm, similar to a pizza dough. Than bring a pot of water to cook. Using a special sieve or with a chopping board, let the dough drop into the boiling water, once you drop it slowly little dumplings are formed in the water. Let them boil 3 minutes, than get rid of the water.

Now add the dumplings back in, but first the butter. On medium heat you cook them until the cheese which you gridded on top of them is melted. now put the chives on top, and in a separate pan you fry the onion rings and also put them on-top.

Kasnocken are traditionally served in a pot or old pan, the whole family sits around the table and eats from the same pan. Milk as refreshment is served with it, also a little green Salad.

The slightly burned bit on the bottom is a speciality and called "Prinzn".

Enjoy