Brotlinge

BROTLINGE

Sophia Hoffmann, author of Zero Waste Küche, Germany

“Brotlinge is basically a hybrid between bread dumplings and beef patties. It’s also a play on words because in Germany, vegetarian or vegan patties are called Bratlinge - a very unsexy word! By making Brotlinge (translates to “breadlings”) I’m giving Bratlinge a new purpose and turning it into a zero waste dish made of leftovers.”

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INGREDIENTS

The main thing you’ll need for this dish is bits of old sourdough bread (or bread rolls) soaked in water until they’re soft again. Then, you just need to add whatever flavours and ingredients you have to had and want to use up. For mine I used:

  • (spring) onions

  • fresh or dried herbs

  • dried tomatoes

  • garlic

  • miso

  • mustard

  • nutritional yeast

  • minced capers or olives

  • spices 

  • salt/pepper

  • mushrooms

RECIPE

Mix the ingredients all together in a bowl and if you have it, use some extra bits of bread to soak up any wetness. Make smaller individual patties out of the mixture.

Fry the patties in hot oil on both sides until crunchy on the outside.

Serve oven fries with a sweet mustard mango dip.