E Central European unfilled
An independent European origin of unfilled lumps in three branches - bread (Knödel, Hocheppan fresco c. 1180), batter (Spätzle 1725, nokedli, halušky) and potato (18th–19th c. Klöße, gnocchi, cepelinai, kroppkakor).
Islamic & Mongol world · Hocheppan castle chapelCanederliAlpine bread balls, first painted in 1180.A Archaeological or primary source · with recipe
Renaissance & print · PiteåPaltD Dated text · with recipe- Empires & migration · Bothnian Bay BlodpaltD Dated text
Empires & migration · Swabia SpätzleSquiggles of egg batter, scraped into boiling water.D Dated text · with recipe
Empires & migration · Liptov / northern Carpathian Slovakia Bryndzové haluškyPotato nuggets under sheep's cheese and bacon.D Dated text
Empires & migration · LyonQuenellesA soufflé-light pike dumpling from Lyon.D Dated text
Empires & migration · Öland KroppkakorPotato globes hiding salt pork.D Dated text
Empires & migration · Northern Italy Gnocchi di patatePillows ridged by a fork.D Dated text
Empires & migration · AlsaceMatzo ballsקניידלעךFloaters or sinkers? The eternal Seder debate.D Dated text · with recipe
Empires & migration · LuxembourgKniddelenD Dated text
Empires & migration · Bohemia Houskové knedlíkySliced bread dumplings that soak up every drop.D Dated text
Empires & migration · Eastern Alpine Austria GermknödelA ski-hut cloud of plum jam and poppy seed.D Dated text- Modern & global · Venice GhettoCugoliD Dated text
Modern & global · Lithuania CepelinaiPotato airships stuffed with pork.D Dated text · with recipe
