
Sweet golden dumplings with ginger sauce
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Easy
- December 2022

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Serves 6
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Hands-on time 30 min, plus cooling and proving. Oven time 25-30 min
These golden, sweet dumplings are a Christmas favourite in Hungary and Romania. Serve the warm, yeasted buns with a jug of vanilla sauce.
Recipe from Tava by Irina Georgescu (Hardie Grant £27).
Mill wheels (chocolate and hazlenut meringues) are another festive Romanian treat. Get the recipe here.
- Calories
- 459kcals
- Fat
- 14.2g (7.1g saturated)
- Protein
- 13.1g
- Carbohydrates
- 66.9g (19.7g sugars)
- Fibre
- 2.5g
- Salt
- 0.2g
Ingredients
For the dough
- 350g plain flour
- 7g fast action dried yeast
- 125ml whole milk
- 2 medium free-range eggs
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp rum
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted, plus extra to brush and grease
For the sauce
- 300ml whole milk
- 3 medium free-range egg yolks
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 4 tsp plain flour
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp ground ginger, or more to taste
- Icing sugar to dust
You’ll also need
- 20cm round baking dish
Method
- In a mixing bowl or stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine all the dough ingredients apart from the butter and knead/work until they form a soft dough. Add the melted butter little by little, incorporating it well after each addition. Knead/work for about 5 minutes, then cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
- Grease the round baking dish with butter. Tear off a 50g piece of dough and form into a ball. Roll it briefly in a little more melted butter and put it in the
dish. Repeat with the rest of the dough, arranging the balls in a circular fashion with one in the middle (you should get around 12 balls in total). Cover and leave to prove in a warm place for 30 minutes until doubled in size. The balls will join together to form a tear-and-share loaf. - Meanwhile, heat the oven to 160°C fan/gas 4. Once the dough has doubled in size, bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown on top. Remove from the oven and set aside while you make the sauce.
- Put the milk in a pan and bring to a gentle simmer. In a heatproof bowl, beat the yolks with the rest of the sauce ingredients (apart from the icing sugar) to a runny consistency. Slowly pour the milk over the yolk mixture, stirring constantly, then transfer the mixture back into the pan. Simmer over a low heat, without boiling, until the sauce thickens slightly.
- Lightly dust the warm buns with icing sugar. To serve, tear off 2 buns and put them in the centre of a plate, then pour the sauce around it.
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