Knedle
Knedle
Knedle, is a dish of boiled potato-dough dumplings filled with plums, popular in Central and East European countries.
Ingredients
Dumplings
- 12 oz Flour
- 2.2 lb Potatoes
- 1.7 oz Sugar
- 1.7 oz Butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 Lemon
- Salt
Filing
- 20 Plums
- 5.2 oz Butter
- 1.7 oz Sugar
- 3.5 oz Breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
- Peel and boil the potatoes and put through a mincer.
- Add grated lemon zest, a pinch of salt, 50 g of sugar, 50 g softened butter and 2 eggs.
- Sift in the flour and mix together. Add flour if need be to get the right consistency.
- Roll out the dough. Cut into squares.
- On each square add a teaspoon of sugar and on top one plum. Close up and roll each dumpling.
- In boiling water with a pinch of salt put in the dumplings and cook until they float to the surface.
- In a pan heat 150 g of butter and add the breadcrumbs. Keep stirring.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar in a bowl. Pour over the dumplings the butter and breadcrumbs then sprinkle on top the cinnamon and sugar.
Photo and inspiration: Zagreb Tourist Board/CroChef, croatiaweek.com
