Sweet Labneh Dumplings with Toasted Cardamom Crumbs and Sumac Cherries

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Despite living in Feldkirch, a small Austrian village near Liechtenstein’s border, for close to a year before starting university, I had never actually visited Vienna until a work trip in March 2023. While Austrian food seems to fly somewhat on the radar globally, thanks to my year in Feldkirch I already knew how phenomenal Austrian food is. In particular for someone as much into sweets and baked goods as I am. So I used my 36h in Vienna to get my fill of all the delicious Austrian food. In particular Austrian pastries and desserts made with Topfen.

Now, for the uninitiated, Topfen is what the Germans call Quark (and the French call Fromage Blanc). In short, it is a type of fresh curd chees…