Kartoffel Kloesse - Potato Dumplings

Ingredients

• 9 potatoes (medium sized)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 2/3 cup breadcrumbs or farina
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Bread and Butter sauce

• 1 cup butter or other fat
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons onions, minced (sub mushrooms, if you wish)

Directions

1. 1

   Boil potatoes in their jackets until soft; remove skins and put potatoes through a ricer into a bowl and add salt, eggs, flour, 2/3 cup of bread crumbs and nutmeg.

2. 2

   Mix thoroughly.

3. 3

   Form mixture into dry balls about the size of walnuts (if mixture is too moist, add more bread crumbs).

4. 4

   Drop the balls into boiling salted water.

5. 5

   When balls come to the surface, allow to boil uncovered for three minutes.

6. 6

   Remove one from liquid and cut open; if center is dry, they are sufficiently cooked.

7. 7

   Remove balls from liquid to a hot platter and pour over them a dressing made as follows: brown butter in skillet, add bread crumbs and onion and cook for several minutes.