Gefillde

{{Confuse|Gefilte fish}}

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| name = Gefillde

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| image = Saarländische Gefüllte Hochwälder Brauhaus.jpg

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| alternate_name = Gefillde Knepp or Gefillte Klees

| country = Germany and France

| region = Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Alsace

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| type = potato dish

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| main_ingredient = potato, beef, pork, liver sausage; sometimes bread roll, onion, parsley, or leek

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Gefillde are filled raspeballs from raw and cooked potatoes, which are known as specialities in South-West Germany and Alsace.{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlin.de/special/gesundheit-und-beauty/rezepte/deutsche-kueche/1163886-1864405-rheinlandpfalz-bauernkost-mit-einem-hauc.html|title=Rheinland-Pfalz: Bauernkost mit einem Hauch Frankreich|website=berlin.de|access-date=2021-01-19|archive-date=2021-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005101143/https://www.berlin.de/special/gesundheit-und-beauty/rezepte/deutsche-kueche/1163886-1864405-rheinlandpfalz-bauernkost-mit-einem-hauc.html|url-status=dead|language=de}} This dish is one of the most popular dishes in Saarland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.saarland-lese.de/index.php?article_id=313|title=Gefillde|first=Saarland|last=Lese|website=Saarland-Lese|language=de}}

The filling of the raspeball can be pork, beef or liver sausage. Other ingredients can be soaked bread rolls, cut onion, persil and leek. Traditionally the food is served with sauerkraut and a bacon-cream-sauce in a deep plate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/lifestyle/article3371512/Staedte-beinahe-ohne-Spezialitaeten-Teil-III.html|title=Regionale Küche: Städte beinahe ohne Spezialitäten, Teil III|date=March 14, 2009|via=www.welt.de|language=de}}

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