Polish Kopytka (potato Dumplings)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 5 potatoes
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• salt
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
• salt
• pepper
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 peel and boil the potatoes in salted water until they are tender.
• 2 drain the potatoes and allow them to cool.
• 3 process the potatoes through a ricer (or just mash them until there are no lumps)
• 4 place the potatoes in a bowl.
• 5 add about 1 1/2 cup of flour, 1 egg, and about 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
• 6 mix by hand until the ingredients are combined.
• 7 add more flour, as needed, until the mixture becomes a soft dough consistency.
• 8 flour a flat working surface, transfer the dough to the surface, and knead the dough until it is smooth and pliable.
• 9 cut a small chunk of the dough and using your hands roll it out into a "snake" that is about 1 inch thick.
• 10 cut the rolled out dough on a diagonal into approximately 1/2 inch pieces.
• 11 repeat until you have the desired amount of pieces or you use up all the dough.
• 12 boil water in a large pot.
• 13 when the water boils add salt.
• 14 drop the dough pieces into the boiling water. do not overcrowd the pot.
• 15 allow the pieces to float to the surface and boil for another 3-5 minutes.
• 16 remove the kopytka from the water using a slotted spoon.
• 17 repeat until all are cooked.
• 18 serve with one of the toppings listed below or with mushroom gravy.
• 19 onion topping:
• 20 melt butter in a pan.
• 21 add the onions and a pinch of salt and pepper.
• 22 saute the onions until they are a nice golden color.
• 23 serve over the kopytka.
• 24 breadcrumb topping:
• 25 melt butter into a pan.
• 26 add breadcrumbs.
• 27 allow the breadcrumbs to brown slightly.
• 28 the consistency of this mixture should be moist, yet crumbly.
• 29 add more butter melted butter if needed.
• 30 serve over the kopytka.