Filled Strawberries Dumplings

I used to live with my parents in a city called Kromeriz in the Czech Republic (that time Czechoslovakia) until I was 14. I do still remember, when – about in the middle of 80’ – was open one store (called North Star) close to the downtown square where they sell only frozen groceries and frozen meals. The assortment wasn’t - of course – not so large – how we know from present time and one of the product I can still remember – it was a wax-paper-box with 6 strawberries dumplings made from curd dough inside…
I’m not too sure, how I evoke this idea, but the craving for those dumplings was enormous. So I had to go to our Overwaitea and bought a box of fresh strawberries and made those dumplings… And because the experiment went great, I brought some “intermediate-product” with me next day and finish the dessert for my colleagues in my work.

Ingredients:

1 package fresh strawberries
500g curd
4 cups semolina
1/2 cup flour
2 egg yolk
1 tbsp butter
from 2 eggs whisked white

As a topping:

250g curd
1 tbsp sugar
1 vanilla sugar or 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Mix curd, egg yolks and butter. As a next step add flour and semolina. With a wooden spoon slightly add the whisked eggs white.

2. Make a roll from the dough and cut it into 1in pieces.

3. Every piece squeeze into a nice round ring, put a strawberry in the middle, cover with the edges and make a nice filled dumpling.

4. Cook for 12 minutes in the water with a pinch of salt. Serve cover with a topping made from curd, sugar and vanilla. Decor with strawberries jam and/or fresh strawberries.