German Potato Dumplings

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 buns (stale, dried out) or 1/2 french baguette (stale, dried out)
• 2 cups water
• 3 cups potatoes (cooked and riced or left over and grated)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 -5 tablespoons flour
• 4 -5 tablespoons cream of wheat or 4 -5 tablespoons cornmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 egg
• parsley

Recipe

• 1 soak buns in bowl of water for about 30 minutes.
• 2 meanwhile rice or grate potato using the fine grater into a medium bowl.
• 3 squeeze all the water out of the soaked rolls and add to the grated potato.
• 4 add the rest of the ingredients and using hands, mix together.
• 5 if dough is really sticky add a little more flour.
• 6 wet your hands and form balls about 2 1/2 “ in diameter.
• 7 drop dumplings in a large pot of boiling water.
• 8 once dumplings have floated to the top of the water let cook another 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from the pot with slotted spoon.
• 10 enjoy.
• 11 added note:.
• 12 you might want to make extra.
• 13 these freeze very well.
• 14 left overs are a great accompaniment to roast beef or lamb ,just slice little less than 1/2 inch thick slices and brown in butter.