Roast beef dumplings

3 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupCooked rice
2poundsGround cooked beef
1teaspoonSalt
teaspoonPepper
2Eggs
Grated rind of 1/2 lemon
4Strips bacon, chopped
¼cupBacon fat
Juice of 1/2 lemon
½cupSour cream

Directions

(The beef can be raw or cooked) Combine the rice, beef, salt, pepper, eggs, and lemon rind. Fry the bacon until crisp; then add and mix well. Form dumplings the size of an egg. Flatten these a little with a spoon. Then brown on both sides in hot bacon fat. Remove to a warm platter. Stir the lemon juice and sour cream into the fat to make a gravy and pour over dumplings. Randy Rigg Submitted By RANDY RIGG On 10-26-95