Rediscovering roasted dumplings: The heartwarming return of a potato delicacy
Some cuisines rely on simple ingredients that transform into delicious and hearty dishes imbued with a sense of nostalgia connected to our hometown flavours. My grandmother inspired our love for roasted dumplings in this manner.
7 November 2024 19:31
This dish is straightforward and tasty, not to mention very economical. Some enjoy it on its own, topping the potato dumplings with a lavish amount of bacon and its rendered fat. Others serve it as a side dish. Regardless of how you enjoy them, roasted dumplings captivate with the flavour encapsulated in their simplicity.
The best types of potatoes for this dish are type B or C, thanks to their high starch content, which complements this kind of dish well.
Recipe for roasted dumplings
In traditional cuisine, roasted dumplings were often served as small dumplings that win people over with their flavour. To make them, simply add wheat flour to the cooked potatoes, combine with the flour, and serve with bacon fat. It's straightforward, budget-friendly, and most importantly, delicious.
Ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of potatoes,
- 5 tablespoons of potato flour,
- 1 teaspoon of salt,
- 280 grams of smoked bacon.
Preparation:
- Peel, wash, and cook the potatoes in salted water until soft.
- When the potatoes are nearly soft, drain some of the water, leaving about 250 millilitres in the pot. Sprinkle the potato flour over the surface of the potatoes, cover the pot, and cook for a few more minutes until the flour swells. Do not stir the mixture.
- Mash the cooked potatoes with the flour into a uniform mass using a potato masher. The mass should be smooth and slightly sticky.
- Use two spoons to form small dumplings from the potato mass and place them on a plate.
- Fry the diced bacon in a pan until crispy.
Serve the prepared dish drizzled with bacon crumbles. You can add buttermilk or your favourite sauce. They also taste great sliced and fried in a pan. Enjoy!
