Recipe#6327

Title: GRANDMA VANICEK'S CZECHOSLOVAKIAN POTATO DUMPLING

  SOURCE: Grandma Vanicek's Czechoslovakian recipes; shared by Cate Vanicek
From: "Wendy Lockman" 
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 08:21:51 +0000 

      6 md Potatoes
      1    Egg yolk
  1 1/2 ts Salt
    1/2    All-purpose flour
 
  Servings:  1
  
  These are *not* fluffy dumplings as in chicken and dumplings.  They
  are a "sturdy" potato dumpling served as a side dish to meat, and
  usually with a sweet sauerkraut/carraway/honey dish as the vegetable.
  
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  Boil peeled potatoes in small quantity of water.  Drain potatoes
  thoroughly.  Rice potatoes through hand held masher/ricer.  Let
  potatoes cool.  On floured board, gradually add flour working mixture
  into dough with hands.  Shape potato mixture into a long roll and cut
  into 10 slices. Drop dumplings into boiling water and boil gently
  about 5 minutes.
  
  Drain dumplings on paper towel.  The dumplings are fully cooked after
  the boiling process, but traditionally, Czechoslovakians then melt
  butter in a heavy frying pan, and fry the dumplings until they are
  lightly browned on all sides.