Halushky Or Knedliki

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup uncooked farina
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 cup cold butter
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 6 -8 quarts salt water
• 2 large onions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup butter
• sour cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine the flour, farina, baking powder, and salt. mix well.
• 2 add the butter in small pieces. crumble the flour mixture with your fingertips to form a coarse meal.
• 3 add the eggs and milk. stir until the batter is smooth.
• 4 bring the salted water to a boil. using two tablespoons, drop the batter into the boiling water. cover, and simmer for 8 minutes. cook 6 to 8 at a time.
• 5 remove cooked dumplings from the water with a slotted spoon and place them in a buttered ovenproof dish. keep warm in a slow 250°f oven until all the dumplings and the topping are done.
• 6 to prepare the topping, melt the butter in a skillet. saute the sliced onions until they are light brown and starting to crisp. remove from heat.
• 7 cover the dumplings with the fried onions. serve accompanied by a bowl of sour cream, if you wish. yield: about 12 to 15 dumplings.
• 8 leftover halushky are delicious fried in butter or bacon fat.