Polevkas Jatrovymi Knedlicky Soup With Beef Liver Dumplings Recipes

NORTH CROATIAN LIVER DUMPLINGS FOR SOUP

Steps:

• Cover breadcrumbs with milk and wait until breadcrumbs soaks milk. Mince garlic, onion parsley leaves and add marjoram.
• Sauté onion on butter until becomes translucent.
• Mince the liver and sauté them shortly on butter with onion and garlic (just to become grey).
• Add eggs, parsley, marjoram, salt, pepper. Mix well all ingredients and shape them into balls approximately 1 inch in diameter.
• Cook them in hot soup 3-5 minutes (depends on size). Be careful, soup mustn't wildly boil otherwise dumpling will disintegrate.
• If you want to freeze them put them on foil on hard surface making sure they don't touch each other. Freeze them completely and than put into bag. You can take them one by one and follow the above mentioned cooking procedure.

LIVER DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine bread crumbs, ground liver, onions, oil, spices and eggs in a large bowl.
• Mix well.
• With your hands, take about 1/4 cup of dumpling mixture and shape into a ball.
• Cook in simmering water or milk for 45 minutes or until done on the inside. (Cut with a knife to see that it is cooked through).

BEEF LIVER DUMPLING SOUP II (LEBERKLOSSE)

Steps:

• Shape mixture into 1 inch meatballs.
• Drop into gently simmering stock.
• Simmer 5-6 minutes.
• Add parsley for garnish.

SVESTKOVE KNEDLIKY (PLUM DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Cream 2 tablespoons butter, beat in eggs and salt.
• Gradually beat in flour and riced potatoes.
• Dough should be stiff to knead thoroughly.
• On floured board roll out dough to 1/4-in thickness, then cut 3-inch squares.
• Lay 1 plum on each square, sprinkle with little cinnamon sugar and fold edges over plum.
• Shape with hands into a ball.
• The wall of dough should be very thin.
• Drop dumplings into boiling salted water, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Brown bread crumbs in 1/3 cup hot butter.
• Roll dumplings in buttered bread crumbs, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.