Käsenocken (cheese dumplings)

Ah this one brings back memories!! It's a recipe from South Tirol, a region in the north italian alps where I used to go skiing all the time. They have some absolutely deliscious food, this is one of them. it works well on it's own or with a nice refreshing salad.

The Goods:

1 oz (1 small) onion, diced finely
1 oz butter
3.5 oz hard cheese (Gouda, Cheddar, something like that), finely diced
5 oz old, dry bread,  finely diced
2 eggs
3.5 oz milk
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
4 table spoons chives
1 oz grated parmesan
salt, pepper to taste

The Works

Brown the onion in butter. In a bowl combine the diced bread, onion and cheese. quirl the eggs and milk, season with half the chives, some salt and pepper and then pour over the cheese mixture. Add the flour and knead into a dough. Using moist hands form small dumplings out of the dough and chill while bringing salted water to a boil in a large pot. add the dumplings carefully and cook for approx q0 min, dumplings are done when rising to the surface. Do NOT overcook. Fry the dumplings briefly in butter after you cooked them, sprinkle some parmesan and enjoy alone, with some salad or as a side dish.