German Potato Dumplings

German Potato Dumplings

niedziela, 9 lutego 2014

German Potato Dumplings

Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 buns (stale, dried out) or 1/2 French baguette (stale, dried out)
• 2 cups water
• 3 cups potatoes (cooked and riced or left over and grated)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 -5 tablespoons flour
• 4 -5 tablespoons cream of wheat or 4 -5 tablespoons cornmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 egg
• parsley

Directions

• 1 Soak buns in bowl of water for about 30 minutes.
• 2 Meanwhile rice or grate potato using the fine grater into a medium bowl.
• 3 Squeeze all the water out of the soaked rolls and add to the grated potato.
• 4 Add the rest of the ingredients and using hands, mix together.
• 5 If dough is really sticky add a little more flour.
• 6 Wet your hands and form balls about 2 1/2 \u201c in diameter.
• 7 Drop dumplings in a large pot of boiling water.
• 8 Once dumplings have floated to the top of the water let cook another 10 minutes.
• 9 Remove from the pot with slotted spoon.
• 10 Enjoy.
• 11 Added Note:.
• 12 You might want to make extra.
• 13 These freeze very well.
• 14 Left overs are a great accompaniment to roast beef or pork ,just slice little less than 1/2 inch thick slices and brown in butter.