Plum Dumplings (Szilvas gomboc)
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[edit] Description
[edit] Ingredients
- 2 1/2 dz. Free Stone Italian plums, washed, split, pit removed
- 4 or 5 medium sized potatoes
- 1 egg beaten
- 4 cups of flour (unsifted)
- 1 tsp. salt
- Buttered bread crumbs
- Sugar
- cinnamon
[edit] Directions
- Peel potatoes and cook in salted water till soft.
- Drain and peel.
- Mash potatoes and add warm to sifted flour and salt on a kneading surface.
- Make a well and add egg and knead gently till all is blended.
- On a clean floured surface, roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut dough into 4 inch squares and put a plum into center of each square.
- Place 1/2 tsp. Sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon in the hole of the plum.
- Fold corners to the middle and roll the dumpling in your hands till round.
- Cook a few dumplings at a time in salted water for about 10 minutes.
- Remove with a slotted spoon.
- Place in a pan in which bread crumbs have been toasted in butter (one cup crumbs to 1/4 cup butter) and mixed with 1/2 cup of Sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon.
- Keep warm.
- When all the dumplings have been cooked and are in the pan, gently spoon the bread crumbs, butter, Sugar and cinnamon mix over all.
