Kielke Recipes

KIELKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together to make a stiff dough.
• Knead well.
• Roll dough out very thin.
• Flour both sides of dough.
• Cut in half and form two rolls.
• Cut off narrow strips.
• Cook for a few minutes in a large pot of boiling water.
• Traditionally served with hot Cream Gravy made with 1/2 cup cream and 1-2 tablespoons melted butter and a pinch of salt.

HOMEMADE EGG NOODLES (KIELKE)

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix on low until the dough is slightly sticky. Add about 1/4-1/2 cup more of flour and knead it by hand on the counter until all of the flour is incorporated. Then roll the dough out into a long loaf and cut sections about 1.5 inches wide. Then flatten the sections and flour both sides. Set your pasta machine to the thickest setting, and roll each section through, sprinkling flour on it before placing the next flattened section on top. Then roll each flattened piece out again on a thinner setting, cut the pile in half, and roll it once more on an even thinner setting (if the dough is not thin enough, it will not cut the soup noodles properly, kielke noodles do not have to be as thin). Sprinkling flour on them as you go so the pieces don't stick together. Then cut the piles of rolled out dough into sections wide enough to fit through the pasta maker, and start rolling! (Use the thicker setting for kielke noodles). Make sure you're sprinkling more flour on the noodles as you cut them so they don't clump together. Once the noodles are all cut and ready, place them in a pot of boiling water, stirring frequently so they don't clump together, and boil for about 3 minutes. When done, strain your noodles and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process. Serve and enjoy!

BAKED FARMER SAUSAGE, POTATOES, AND CARROTS WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• If desired, peel frozen farmer sausage. (The best way is to hold it under a trickle of warm water.) Break sausage into 4-6 chunks.
• Place potatoes and carrots into a roaster or large casserole dish. Add water to cover the bottom of the dish.
• Place frozen sausage chunks over top (so drippings will flavour the vegetables), cover, and bake at 375F for 1-1/2 hours.
• Remove from oven and drain juices from casserole dish into a saucepan. (You may want to put the sausage and vegetables in a serving dish now and keep warm in the oven.).
• For gravy: Mix flour and milk together, adding milk gradually so a paste forms and slowly gets thicker -- you don't want lumps! (Actually, a Tupperware gravy shaker works best for this. You can just throw it all together and shake it up without worrying about lumps at all.).
• Add milk mixture to drippings and bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until gravy is thickened. (Depending on how much water content your sausage had, you may need to add a little more flour or milk to achieve the desired thickness.).
• Add salt and pepper to taste and serve.