Re: Toni/Oma 'Rie's German Recipes - Long

Sounds like she came from the Bavarian part of Schwaben :-)
My MIL used to make potato dumplings about the size of tennis balls, maybe
even a tad bigger. Croutons in the middle. Her recipe used no eggs. It was
about half raw grated potatoes, squeezed in a kitchen towel to extract as
much liquid as possible (or use a juice centrifuge). Add as much cooked
mashed potatoes. Try a little piece, and maybe add a bit of the potato juice
if it's too dry. Fortunately, this mixture is sold ready to cook in every
Bavarian supermarket! I could even buy ready-shaped with croutons in the
middle, 4 to a package in the freezer section, if I had no pride.
Roberta in D

"Tina" <tina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Rotkohl Mit Aepfeln (Red Cabbage With Apples)
>
> 3 1/2 to 4 pound head red cabbage
> 2 tart apples
> 2 Tbsp. butter - sometimes I use bacon grease instead.
> 1 medium onion
> 2 cups water
> 1/2 cup white vinegar
> 1/2 cup sugar
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 1/4 tsp. pepper
> 2 cloves
> 1 bay leaf
> juice of 1 lemon
> 1 1/2 Tbsp. flour
>
> Wash cabbage; cut as for slaw. Peel and chop apples. Heat butter in
> large saucepan and cook apple and onion slowly 3 or 4 minutes. Add
> water, vinegar, sugar salt, pepper, cloves, bay leaf and lemon juice.
> Stir, bring to boil. Add cabbage, mix well. Cover and simmer 25
> minutes or until tender. Sprinkle flower over top, cover and simmer 5
> minutes. mix well.
>
> Teri - I melt the butter (or bacon grease) in the bottom of the
> crockpot, then cook the apple and onion for about 15 minutes with
> crockpot on high, then add all other ingredients, turn crockpot down to
> low and let simmer on low for the rest of the day, (till dinner time.)
>
> Sauerbraten
>
> 3 pounds beef roast
> 1/2 cup vinegar
> 1/2 cup water
> 1 small onion
> 2 bay leaves
> 3 whole cloves
> 2 tsp. salt
>
> Place roast in a bowl, add other ingredients, cover and refrigerate for
> 24 hours, turning meat several times to marinate all sides. Remove
> meat, strain and reserve liquid. Place meat in roasting pan and bake
> at 325 degrees F. When partly done add resevered liquid and bake until
> done. Use pan liquid to make gravy, add a little water if necessary.
>
> Kartoffelkloesse (Potato Dumplings)
>
> 2 pounds unpeeled potatoes
> 2 eggs
> 1 1/2 tsp salt
> 1 cup flour
> dash of nutmeg
>
> Boil potatoes, peel and mash. Add other ingredients, and knead until
> smooth. Drop a sample dumpling the size of a small egg into boiling
> water and cook 3 minutes after it rises to the top. If it falls apart,
> add more flour to the rest of the dough. Form into 1-inch balls; boil
> 12 minutes. The true Kartoffelkloesse have one or two croutons pressed
> into the center of each ball.
>
> To make croutons, cut slices of bread into small cubes and fry to a
> light brown in butter or bacon fat.
>
> Enjoy!
> Tina
>


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