Plum Dumplings

Name: Plum Dumplings (Knedle ze śliwkami)
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 675 g/1½ lb potatoes, peeled; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup sour cream; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter; 2 eggs, beaten; 250 g/9 oz/2¼ cups plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 30 ml/2 tbsp ground cinnamon; 45 ml/3 tbsp breadcrumbs; icing (confectioners’) sugar and cinnamon, for dusting; icing (confectioners’) sugar and cinnamon, for dusting

Knedle ze śliwkami

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Poland

By Ewa Michalik

Published 2008

About

These traditional sweet dumplings, made with a potato dough, contain a whole plum, stuffed with cinnamon sugar. They are served everywhere in Poland during the autumn, when plums are at their best - sometimes as a meal on their own!

Ingredients

675 g/1½ lb potatoes, peeled
250 ml/8

Europe
Poland
Dessert
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe
Autumn

Method

Cut the potatoes into even-sized pieces and cook in a pan of lightly salted boiling water for 10-15 minutes, or until soft. Drain, leave to cool, then mash in a large bowl.
Add the sour cream, 25g/1oz/2 tbsp butter, eggs and flour to the mashed po