Description
Potato dumplings filled with plums can be served as a dessert or as a sweet lunch.
Ingredients
Scale
- 35.2 oz (1 kg) potatoes
- 10.5 oz (300 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp butter or lard
- 3.5 oz (100 g) breadcrumbs
- 3.5 oz (100 g) sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- vegetable or sunflower oil
- sour cream
Instructions
- Peel potatoes, cut into cubes and cook in boiling water. Drain and mash. Add butter or lard to it. When the mixture cools slightly, add egg and flour. Knead until the dough forms. Shape into a log (on floured surface) and cut pieces, about 0.5 inch (1.5 cm) thick.
- Wash and pit plums, cut into half. Put each half into a piece of dough and form into a ball.
- Cook dumplings in salted, boiling water. Drain them.
- Heat oil and fry breadcrumbs combined with cinnamon, until golden. Use low heat, make sure not to burn them. Roll cooked dumplings into breadcrumbs. Serve sprinkled with sugar and a tablespoon or two of sour cream.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Croatian