Potato Dumplings with Pork Crackling

Name: Potato Dumplings with Pork Crackling (Škvarkové knedlíčky/Oškvarkové knedlíčky)
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 750 g/1 lb 10 oz potatoes, unpeeled; ½ tsp salt; 250 g/9 oz/2¼ cups plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 2 eggs, beaten; 15 ml/1 tbsp oil; 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped; 250 g/9 oz pork crackling cubes, or small pieces of smoked bacon; 15 ml/1 tbsp breadcrumbs; 100 g/3¾ oz smoked bacon, diced; 30 ml/2 tbsp lard or white cooking fat; 30 ml/2 tbsp lard or white cooking fat; 2 white onions, peeled and finely chopped; 200 g/7 oz pickled sauerkraut

Škvarkové knedlíčky/Oškvarkové knedlíčky

Preparation info

Serves
3-4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

These dumplings can be enjoyed on their own as a light meal, or used as a side dish for many main courses – whenever a recipe has a sauce then you can always add a dumpling!

If you have some left over, fry them in a little butter the next day for a light snack.

Ingredients

750 g/1 lb 10 oz potatoes, unpeeled
½

Europe
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Snack
Side dish
Eastern Europe

Method

To make the filling, fry the onion in the lard or white cooking fat. Add the crackling and breadcrumbs, then cook for 5 minutes. Leave to cool.
To make the dumplings, boil the unpeeled potatoes for 15 minutes, or until they are just cooked. (You can do this step a day before and keep them in the refrigerator.) Peel the potatoes and grate them finely (a finer gr