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Franconian Fire Sparrows

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 45 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Baking
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 8)

Ingredients

  • 500 g quark
  • 500g flour
  • 5 egg (s)
  • 175 grams sugar
  • 1 pinch (s) salt
  • 2 packs vanilla sugar
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 100 g sultanas, soaked in rum (1 hour)
  • some powdered sugar to sprinkle on
  • Fat (e.g. clarified butter) for frying
Franconian Fire Sparrows
Franconian Fire Sparrows

Instructions

  1. Beat eggs and sugar until foamy, add quark and stir in.
  2. Gradually fold in the vanilla sugar, baking powder and flour. Finally fold in the tipsy sultanas.
  3. Heat the fat to approx. 175 ° C and use a tablespoon to prick pieces the size of an ice ball out of the dough and add them to the fat (be careful, not too many at once).
  4. Bake the fire sparrows until they are brown and drain on a crepe and allow to cool.
  5. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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