Apple Dumplings

Клецки

Preparation info
  • 2 Dozen

    Dumplings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Taste of Russia

By Darra Goldstein

Published 1983

  • About

If you think of dumplings as heavy and stolid, these light, fruity ones will surprise you.

Ingredients

  • 2 medium apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
  • Juice and rind of 1 lemon
  • ¼ cup

Method

Pour the lemon juice over the apples to keep them from turning brown. Then gently squeeze them dry. Mix the apples with the lemon rind, sugar, egg and breadcrumbs. Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Form the mixture into walnut-sized balls. Bring a large kettle of lightly salted water to a boil. Drop the dumplings into the water and boil them until they rise to the surface, about