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Dessert for 4

Apricot Dumplings

$8.52for 440 minServes 4

These soft cheese dumplings wrap sugared apricots, boil gently, and finish with buttery cinnamon breadcrumbs.

What it costs

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IngredientAmountCost
Swiss, 4 oz$0.40/oz typical4 oz$1.60Typical price
Eggs, 1$0.30 each typical1$0.30Typical price
Dried fruit and raisins, 7.5 oz$0.45/oz typical7.5 oz$3.38Typical price
Butter, 2.5 oz$0.40/oz typical2.5 oz$1.00Typical price
Bread crumbs, 8 oz$0.14/oz typical8 oz$1.12Typical price
Total for the servings shown$8.52

Swaps

  • Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
  • Swap bread crumbs for stuffing mixabout $0.16/oz more at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

FlourSugar and brown sugarDried herbs, spices and seasoning blendsSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar

Not included in the cost.

  • 40 minstart to table
  • Mediumdifficulty
  • 4servings as written
  • $$typical cost tier

ChineseVegetarianBudgetDessertsCold-weather comfort

Typical price

$2.13 per serving$8.52 for 4

Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup curd cheese
  • 1 standard egg
  • 3 1/2 tbsp semolina flour
  • salt
  • at least 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 10 small apricots
  • 10 cubes of sugar
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • 2 cups bread crumbs
  • 5 tbsp sugar
  • ground cinnamon
  • powdered sugar

Steps

  1. Mix the curd cheese, egg, semolina, salt, and five tablespoons flour until a soft dough forms.
  2. Rest the dough for 10 minutes while bringing a large pot of salted water to a gentle boil.
  3. Halve and pit the apricots, place one sugar cube inside each, and wrap each fruit with dough.
  4. Boil the dumplings in batches for 8 to 10 minutes, until they rise and feel firm.
  5. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, then toast the breadcrumbs with sugar and cinnamon for 5 minutes.
  6. Roll the drained dumplings in the breadcrumb mixture and dust them with powdered sugar.

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Ingredient list based on the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Steps and description written by Salefork.

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