Plum Butter Dumplings (Powidtascherln)
- 1 1/4 lbs potatoes
- 2/3 cup flour
- 2 eggs (1 egg yolk)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup plum preserves (like apple butter only made from plums or use apple butter)
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup whipping cream (optional)
- In a sauce pan cook potatoes with skin on until fork tender.
- When cool enough to touch peel the potato.
- Rice or finely grate into a bowl.
- Add the flour, egg plus one yolk and a pinch of salt.
- Knead into a dough.
- Working on a WELL floured work surface roll the dough out fairly thin (the dough does get a bit sticky when rolling so make sure you have enough flour underneath, you can always shake off any access).
- Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter and cut circles.
- In the middle of each circle place a 1/2 teaspoon of plum butter (not too much because is may leak out the sides).
- In a small bowl beat the egg white to make an egg wash.
- Brush a little of the egg was around the edge of each dumpling.
- Fold each dumpling in half, and press edges together with fingers to make sure it is sealed (I always keep a small bowl of flour beside me when pinching to dip my fingers when it gets too sticky).
- In a large pot of boiling water add 10 - 12 dumplings at a time and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon into bowl of ice water (just to shock them it prevents sticking) then to a colander or somewhere where all the water can drip off.
- In a pan melt butter and oil add the dumpling a few at a time to ever so slightly brown.
- Pockets can be sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar or icing sugar.
- I mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it on with my fingers then pour a little whipping cream (about 1 tbsp for 4).
potatoes, flour, eggs, egg yolk, salt, plum preserves, butter, oil, sugar, cinnamon, whipping cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/plum-butter-dumplings-powidtascherln-185632 (may not work)