Soft, pillowy dumplings filled with sweet prune plums, boiled to perfection, and coated in buttery cinnamon sugar. A classic, comforting dessert!
Prune Plum Dumplings
Source: Tinkskitchen.com
Ingredients
- Italian prune plums
- potatoes
- 1 egg
- flour
- pinch of salt
- for serving
- cottage cheese
- melted butter
- cinnamon sugar mixture
Directions
- Begin by rinsing the plums and let them air dry while you are
preparing the rest of the recipe.
- Boiling your
potatoes and when they are done – mash as usual. Cool to room
temperature.
- When
potatoes are cool, add 1 egg, and mix, and begin adding flour 1/2 cup at a
time, stirring briefly until you have reached a point where the texture is
similar to a bread dough. cover and let the dough rest for 10
minutes.
- Flour your
surface lightly and roll out your dough as though you were going to make a
pie crust. cut the dough into rectangles, 2×3 or so, it is not important
to be exact as the dough will stretch. pull it around the plum and seal
completely. if there is excess dough, pinch it off – but remember to seal
completely. sometimes just holding the dough together for 10-15 seconds
will do the trick without adding any water.
- When you
have rolled all of your plums out, you can either freeze them at this
point on a tray, or cook a few.
- Bring a pot
of lightly salted water to a boil, lower your dumplings in carefully, so
you don’t make a splash. it will sink straight to the bottom – this is
normal. After a minute or so, give it a gentle stir so it doesn’t stick to
the bottom. in about 8-10 minutes the dumpling will float to the top, at
this point, it is done.
- Prepare a dish by adding desired amount of cottage cheese to it. place 1-2 dumplings on top, and break open to let the juices run. drizzle with melted butter and shake some cinnamon sugar on the top – and ENJOY THEM.
Notes
Sep 12, 2009
This is a throw back to Sunday's at Grandma Schield's house. This is where this recipe came from, although my mom learned how to make them so we had them once in a while. Prune plums only are available in late August/early September, so you either get them while they are in season, or try to remember them again the next year.
Because my dad's parents were Czech, they actually made these for dinner - no complaining here and I have made sure to keep the tradition.
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