Kartoffel Kloesse - Potato Dumplings

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 9 potatoes (medium sized)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 2/3 cup breadcrumbs or 2/3 cup farina
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup other fat
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons onions, minced (sub mushrooms, if you wish)

Recipe

• 1 boil potatoes in their jackets until soft; remove skins and put potatoes through a ricer into a bowl and add salt, eggs, flour, 2/3 cup of bread crumbs and nutmeg.
• 2 mix thoroughly.
• 3 form mixture into dry balls about the size of walnuts (if mixture is too moist, add more bread crumbs).
• 4 drop the balls into boiling salted water.
• 5 when balls come to the surface, allow to boil uncovered for three minutes.
• 6 remove one from liquid and cut open; if center is dry, they are sufficiently cooked.
• 7 remove balls from liquid to a hot platter and pour over them a dressing made as follows: brown butter in skillet, add bread crumbs and onion and cook for several minutes.