Raised Dumplings Recipes

YEAST DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place milk and butter in a small saucepan, and simmer over medium heat until butter melts. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• Dissolve the yeast in the warm water placed in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Combine the eggs, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl, and mix until thoroughly blended. Gradually stir in the flour, alternating with milk and yeast mixtures. Gather the dough into a ball. Cover the bowl with a cloth, and let the dough rest 20 minutes.
• Pour the chicken broth into a large pot. Bring broth to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle flour over a clean board or countertop. Turn the dough out onto the board and knead lightly until smooth and satiny, about 3 minutes. Add a little more flour if the dough is sticky. Roll out the dough to be about 1/2 inch thick. Use a butter knife to cut dough into 2 inch wide strips, and place strips into the boiling broth. Dumplings will initially sink, then rise to the surface when cooked, about 10 minutes. Remove dumplings from the broth with a slotted spoon, and drain on a plate.

HOMEMADE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix flour, parsley, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Stir in milk.
• Drop dough by 10 spoonfuls onto hot meat or vegetables in boiling stew (do not drop directly into liquid). Cook uncovered 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer.

DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough.
• Drop by spoonfuls into boiling stew. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid. Serve.
• To make parsley dumplings, add 1 tablespoon parsley flakes to the dry ingredients.

KYNUTE KNEDLIKY (RAISED DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Sift flour, ad sugar, crumbled yeast and 1/2 cup lukewarm milk.
• Let set until yeast bubbles up.
• Add 1 tablespoon salt, egg, yolk and mix untildough is smooth.
• Let dough raise.
• Divide into dumplings, size of large oranges, place into pot of boiling water.
• Cook 10 minutes, turn over and cook another 10 minutes.
• Alway cut raised dumplings with a string.

BOHEMIAN DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Sift the flour into a bowl. In another bowl mix together the milk and egg yolks with a little bit of salt. Add the milk mixture to the flour and blend to a smooth dough.
• Saute the bread in the butter over moderate heat until golden. Sprinkle the bread over the dough. Pour on the goose fat and let the mixture mellow 1 hour. Blend the bread into the dough. Beat 2 egg whites until stiff and fold them into the dough.
• Soak a tea towel in water, squeeze it dry and line a sieve with it. Add the dough and pull the cloth up around the dough and tie it off immediately above dough. Transfer the wrapped dough to a pot of simmering water with a rack and poach it for 1 hour. Transfer it to a platter, let it cool a little, and then untie it and cut the dumpling with a thread into slices.
• Recommended drink: Lager

RAISED DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well mixed. Cover and let rise in warm place about one hour until double. Punch down; form into two or three balls, place on floured board and let rise until double (about ½ hour). Drop into a deep pot of boiling water with a lid that seals well. Boil rapidly for about 30 minutes. Cut by wrapping a string around the dumpling and pulling it through.

BOHEMIAN RAISED DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix Dry Yeast and ¼ cup of warmed milk, and ¼ teaspoon of sugar in small bowl.
• Combine Sifted flour and salt in separate bowl.
• Once yeast has dissolved and become bubbly, mix with flour mixture in large bowl.
• Stir the mixture adding remainder of milk and beaten eggs.
• Knead dough thoroughly into ball.
• Place dough ball into bowl, cover with towel, and set in a warm place for an hour.
• Dough should double in size at this time.
• Separate dough into small balls, slightly larger than a golf ball, but smaller than a soft ball.
• Set dough balls aside on plate and let raise for ½ hour (covered with towel)
• Place dough balls into stockpot or kettle of boiling salted water.
• Cover and boil for 10 minutes. Make sure to slightly crack lid open to prevent boil over. Half way thorugh cook time, remove lid and flip balls over.
• Remove from hot water and cool on cutting board.
• Cut dumplings with string or dental floss while still warm.
• Serve with meat, or freeze for later use.

OLD FASHIONED ROLLED DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening and add milk to make a stiff dough.
• Roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness and cut into 1 inch squares, 1 to 1 1/2 inch strips or diamonds. Sprinkle lightly with flour and drop into boiling broth or juice. Cover tightly and boil gently for 8 to 10 minutes.