Romandian Masala

In a pan, add 30g of the butter, let it melt and then add the breadcrumbs. Cook until golden brown and then add 2 tablespoons of sugar at the end. Cook for 1 more minute to slightly caramelize the sugar and set aside. If you want, you can add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon at this point. Set aside.

In a pot, add the milk and cream and heat until it starts steaming but not boiling. In a separate bowl, mix the egg yolk with a whisker together with the sugar and cornstarch until pale and fluffy. Add the hot cream an milk gradually to the egg yolk mixture and mix well with a whisker to prevent lumps. Retun everything on the stove and cook until slightly thickened. Cover and set aside.

In a bowl, mix the quark (cottage cheese), together with the vanilla paste, egg yolk, 2 tablespoons of sugar, semolina, 30g of soft butter and theflour until you get a soft dough. The dough will be sticky but that is fine. Transfer the dough onto a floured surface and flatten it by dusting flour on it so that it will not stick. Flatten it into a rectangle, then cut with the knife 6 (almost) equal pieces.

Remove the seeds from the apricots and do not cut them in half completely. Cut enough just to remove the seed and hold them together. Take each piece of apricot and wrap it with the dough, making sure it is completely sealed. Form the dumpling by hand them place it on a surface or a plate dusted with flour.

Repeat the stepts for all the 6 dumplings and place them in a pot with hot boiling water which is slowly simmering and boil the dumplings 5 more minutes after they come up to the surface to ensure they are cooked through.