Best Schnitz Un Knepp Recipes

SCHNITZ UN KNEPP

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Few recipes are so locally famous, yet so little known elsewhere, as schnitz un knepp from Pennsylvania. It combines two foods, ham and apples, that are staples of Pennsylvania Dutch cooking. Schnitz means "sliced, dried apples" and knepp is "dumpling". From Heritage of America Cookbook

Provided by ChelseaW

Categories Pork

Time 45m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

3 lbs pork shoulder (smoked picnic shoulder is best)
6 ounces dried apples
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Steps:

Remove skin and fat from outside of smoked pork.
Place pork in a Dutch oven; add enough water to cover meat.
Bring water to boiling; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
Stir in dried apples and brown sugar.
Cover; simmer 1 hour more.
Meanwhile, for dumplings, in a bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a small bowl combine egg, milk, and melted margarine or butter.
Add to flour mixture; stir with a fork just till combined.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls in 10 mounds atop the simmering liquid.
Cover; simmer for 20 minutes (do not lift the cover) or till a toothpick inserted into the dumplings comes out clean.
Serve pork on a platter with the dumplings and apples.
Spoon a small amount of the remaining liquid over the meat.
Makes 8 to 10 servings.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 609.6, Fat 34.9, SaturatedFat 11.8, Cholesterol 146.2, Sodium 344.6, Carbohydrate 39.8, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 19, Protein 33.2

SCHNITZ UN KNEPP RECIPE

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Schnitz un Knepp is a dish of boiled ham with apple dumplings. It's one of my favorite Pennsylvania Dutch recipes.

Provided by Ellen Christian

Time 3h10m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 3 lb. ham
1 qt. dried Schnitz (apples)
2 c. flour
1 egg
1/4 tsp. pepper
4 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. melted shortening

Steps:

Boil the ham for two hours.
Soak the dried apples for as long as the ham is boiling.
When the meat is done, add the dried apples and however much water they have been soaking in.
Boil for one more hour.
You can reduce the boiling time if you want to but the flavor is better if you follow these directions.
Prepare the dumpling batter by mixing all of the ingredients.
Drop by tablespoons into the boiling liquid.
Cook COVERED tightly for 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 2443 calories, Carbohydrate 282 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 258 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 74 grams fat, Protein 153 grams protein, SaturatedFat 20 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1 cup, Sodium 10874 grams sodium, Sugar 48 grams sugar

SCHNITZ UND KNEPP - DRIED APPLES AND DUMPLINGS

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I am a man well up in years with simple tastes and few, But I would like to eat again a dish my boyhood knew. A rare old dish that Mother made that filled us all with pep, This generation knows it not-we called it Schnitz and Knepp. I patronize all restaurants where grub is kept for sale, But my search up to the present has been without avail. They say they never heard of it, and I vainly wonder why, For that glorious concoction was better than pie. Dried apple snits, a slab of ham and mammoth balls of dough Were the appetizing units that filled us with a glow, When mother placed the smoking dish upon the dinner table, And we partook of its delight as long as we were able. My longing for that boyhood dish I simply will not shelf; If I cannot find it anywhere, I'll make the thing myself.

Provided by Molly53

Categories Ham

Time 12h

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 quart dried apple
3 lbs ham
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 egg, well beaten
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2/3 cup milk (amount is approximate)

Steps:

Wash apples; cover with water and let soak at least 8 hours or overnight.
Cover ham with cold water and simmer for 3 hours.
Add apples and their water; continue to boil another hour.
Add brown sugar.
Add dumplings to the pot the last 18 minutes before service.
To make dumplings: Sift dry ingredients together.
Add egg, melted butter and enough milk to make a stiff batter.
Drop by teaspoons into boiling liquid.
Cover tightly and cook for 18 minutes.
Serve piping hot on a large platter.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 739.2, Fat 41.3, SaturatedFat 15.7, Cholesterol 159.8, Sodium 2678.4, Carbohydrate 60, Fiber 4.6, Sugar 27.8, Protein 32.8

SNITZ AND KNEPP

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This is a simple and traditional Pennsylvania Dutch recipe. It simmers, unattended, for a long time releasing an intoxicating aroma while you go about your daily errands. Cooking time does not include soaking the apples overnight.

Provided by Mercy

Categories One Dish Meal

Time 5h

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs cured ham (or 1 ham hock)
2 cups dried apples
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/3-1/2 cup milk

Steps:

Soak the dried apples in water eight hours or overnight.
Approximately 4 1/2 hours before serving, cover the ham with cold water and cook slowly for three hours.
Add the apples and the water they were soaking in to the ham.
Add the brown sugar and cook for an additional hour.
For the knepp, sift together the dry ingredients.
Stir in the egg and melted butter.
Add enough milk to make a batter stiff enough to drop from a spoon.
Drop the batter by spoonfuls into the boiling ham and apples.
Cover the pan tightly and cook the dumplings 10 to 12 minutes.
Do not lift the cover until ready to serve.