Canederli in Brodo Trentino-Alto Adige
Giant South Tyrolean bread dumplings studded with speck and chives, simmered in a crystal-clear beef broth — the ultimate winter comfort food from the Dolomites.
📅December 28, 2025
30mPrep
25mCook
4Servings
⭐ 4.7Rating
🍝Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Protein 22%Fat 37%Carbs 41%
390kcalCalories
22gProtein
16gFat
40gCarbs
3gFiber
Ingredients
👥4
- 10⅝ ozstale white bread cubed
- 4.2 ozSpeck (South Tyrolean smoked ham) diced
- 0.8 cupwhole milk
- 3 wholeeggs
- 2.8 ozonion finely diced
- 20 gfresh chives chopped
- 1⅜ ozplain flour
- 6⅓ cupbeef stock
- 20 gbutter
- 15 gfresh parsley
Instructions
- Soak bread cubes in milk for 20 minutes until soft.
- Sauté onion in butter until golden; add speck and cook 3 minutes.
- Squeeze excess milk from bread; mix in eggs, flour, chives, parsley, and speck-onion mixture. Season.
- Shape into 8 golf-ball-sized dumplings with wet hands.
- Bring stock to a gentle simmer; cook dumplings for 15–18 minutes (do not boil).
- Serve 2 dumplings per bowl with plenty of hot broth and grated Parmesan.
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