Potato Plum Knoedel (Hungarian)
A historical recipe from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919).
A historical recipe
The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc., by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #12350.
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Source and licence
From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #12350 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- one and one-half tablespoons of melted chicken fat
- a cup of matzoth meal
- a handful at a time
- a tablespoon of prune jam
- a cup of hot melted chicken fat
- eight large potatoes
- four whole eggs
Method
- Peel and cook seven or eight large potatoes, place in a bowl, add salt, four whole eggs, one and one-half tablespoons of melted chicken fat and a little more than a cup of matzoth meal.
- Knead in bowl to smooth consistency.
- Take a handful at a time, pat smooth and flat, in the centre put a tablespoon of prune jam, form into a dumpling, place dumplings in boiling salt water, kettle half covered and allow to cook twelve to fifteen minutes.
- Take out with strainer and serve hot.
- Have ready a cup of hot melted chicken fat and sugar and cinnamon.
- Serve over knoedel to taste.