Bohemian dumplings
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Instant flour |
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| 2 | Egg yolks | |
| Salt | ||
| 2 | cups | Diced stale white bread |
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter |
| ⅓ | cup | Melted room temperature |
| Goose fat. | ||
| 2 | Egg whites | |
Directions
Sift the flour into a bowl. In another bowl mix together the milk and egg yolks with a little bit of salt. Add the milk mixture to the flour and blend to a smooth dough.
Saute the bread in the butter over moderate heat until golden.
Sprinkle the bread over the dough. Pour on the goose fat and let the mixture mellow 1 hour. Blend the bread into the dough. Beat 2 egg whites until stiff and fold them into the dough.
Soak a tea towel in water, squeeze it dry and line a sieve with it.
Add the dough and pull the cloth up around the dough and tie it off immediately above dough. Transfer the wrapped dough to a pot of simmering water with a rack and poach it for 1 hour. Transfer it to a platter, let it cool a little, and then untie it and cut the dumpling with a thread into slices.
Recommended drink: Lager
Yield: 8 servings
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