What is Knödel?
[[Image:Semmelknödel.jpg|thumb|220px|''Semmelknödel'']] [[Image:Sauerbraten.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Sauerbraten'' with ''Knödel'']] [[Image:Grießklößchen.jpg|220px|thumb|''Grießklößchen'']] [[Image:Plum Dumpling.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Plum dumpling, called ''Zwetschgenknödel'']] '''''Knödel''''' or '''''Klöße''''' are large round poached or boiled [[potato]] or [[bread]] [[dumpling]]s, made without [[yeast]]. They are normal parts of [[Austria]]n, [[Germany|German]], [[Hungary|Hungarian]], [[:en:Slovak_cuisine|Slovakian]] and [[Czech Republic|Czech cuisine]]. They come in many different forms. They can be made from flour, potatoes, old bread, [[semolina]], etc. In most types, they are used as a [[side dish]] for meat. They can also be served as a [[dessert]] or in a soup. ==Names and varieties== In [[Hungary]], they are called ''gombóc''; in the [[Czech Republic]], ''knedlík''; in [[Slovakia]], knedľa, in [[Luxembourg]], ''Kniddel(en)'', ''cnigle'' in [[Bukovina]]; and, in [[Italy]], ''canederli''. In some parts of the [[United States]], ''[[klub]]'' is used to mean potato dumplings. ''Klöße'' are large [[dumplings]], steamed or boiled in hot water, made of dough from grated raw or mashed potatoes, eggs and flour. Similar [[semolina]] crack dumplings are made with semolina, egg and milk. They are called ''Grießklößchen''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Karoly |last=Gundel |title=Gundel's Hungarian cookbook |publisher=Corvina |location=Budapest |year=1992 |pages= |isbn=963-13-3600-X |oclc=32227400}}page 71</ref> ''Thüringer Klöße'' are made from raw or boiled [[potato]]es, or a mixture of both, and are often filled with [[croutons]] or [[ham]]. In Austria and Hungary they make large sweet dumplings or plum dumplings called Zwetschkenknödel. Gombotzen are made with flour & potato batter,<ref>{{cite book |first=Karoly |last=Gundel |title=Gundel's Hungarian cookbook |publisher=Corvina |location=Budapest |year=1992 |pages= |isbn=963-13-3600-X |oclc=32227400}}page 116</ref> by wrapping the potato dough around whole plums o