Bread Canederli
Easy comfort food that uses up all of your stale bread
These are called Canederli in Italian, Knödel in German. They are boiled bread dumplings that are commonly found in the north-East of Italy (especially in sud-Tirol) as well as other European countries like Austria and Eastern Europe.They are really easy and cheap to make too! They are part of the “cucina povera”, which was the simple cooking of the poor, using up leftovers.Canederli typically include a type of smoked cured meat called speck, but 1. You cannot find it in English supermarkets and 2. My husband doesn’t typically eat red meat, so I was never able to make these. A few months ago I found a traditional cookbook full of recipes from that region, and among them was this version of vegetarian Canederli. I gave it a go and it was approved all round! I leave you the recipe if you too have some old bread to use up and want to try it out!
Bread Canederli
Recipe details
- 4 servings
- Prep time: 1 Hours Cook time: 20 Minutes Total time: 1 hr 20 min
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Printed and will make tomorrow, normaly I dont remark on a recipe I have'nt made yet, what's the point, right? But, I always have stale bread ready to be sent to the food chopper, to be made in to crumbs. I love use "em-up" recipes, thats the point "waste not want not" my husband is always happy to sample tid bits, and he will say with approval and a smile " Waste not want not" making theese tomorrow!! Thanks