Babas Authentic Polish Haluski Recipe With Potato Dumplings Recipes

BABAS AUTHENTIC POLISH HALUSKI RECIPE WITH POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• PREPARE POTATO DUMPLINGS:.
• In a large bowl, add mashed potatoes, eggs and blend thoroughly.
• Add enough flour with a little salt to knead into a soft pliable dough that will not stick.
• Make into rolls and slice in about 1 inch pieces.
• Drop dumpling slices into boiling water and boil about 12 minutes. To test for doneness, break one open with fork after you take out of boiling water.
• Drain in small hole colander. (You can rinse if you prefer. I don't.).
• SAUTE CABBAGE AND ONIONS:.
• While boiling the dumplings, sautee (in large fry pan )butter, cabbage and onions until golden brown.
• Add drained dumplings to fry pan and fry a little longer. Mix it all well while frying but don't overdo so dumplings stay together.

POLISH KOPYTKA (POTATO DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Peel and boil the potatoes in salted water until they are tender.
• Drain the potatoes and allow them to cool.
• Process the potatoes through a ricer (or just mash them until there are no lumps)
• Place the potatoes in a bowl.
• Add about 1 1/2 cup of flour, 1 egg, and about 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
• Mix by hand until the ingredients are combined.
• Add more flour, as needed, until the mixture becomes a soft dough consistency.
• Flour a flat working surface, transfer the dough to the surface, and knead the dough until it is smooth and pliable.
• Cut a small chunk of the dough and using your hands roll it out into a "snake" that is about 1 inch thick.
• Cut the rolled out dough on a diagonal into approximately 1/2 inch pieces.
• Repeat until you have the desired amount of pieces or you use up all the dough.
• Boil water in a large pot.
• When the water boils add salt.
• Drop the dough pieces into the boiling water. Do not overcrowd the pot.
• Allow the pieces to float to the surface and boil for another 3-5 minutes.
• Remove the kopytka from the water using a slotted spoon.
• Repeat until all are cooked.
• Serve with one of the toppings listed below or with mushroom gravy.
• ONION TOPPING:
• Melt butter in a pan.
• Add the onions and a pinch of salt and pepper.
• Saute the onions until they are a nice golden color.
• Serve over the kopytka.
• BREADCRUMB TOPPING:
• Melt butter into a pan.
• Add breadcrumbs.
• Allow the breadcrumbs to brown slightly.
• The consistency of this mixture should be moist, yet crumbly.
• Add more butter melted butter if needed.
• Serve over the kopytka.

AMERICANIZED SLOVAK HALUSKI

Steps:

• For potato dumplings (Haluski):.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, eggs, potato puree, baking powder, and salt together throughly, mixing it into a sticky dough. Set aside.
• Take a large pot, fill it a little over half full with water.
• Add a dash of salt to the water. Boil water on high heat.
• On medium heat in a skillet, fry up the bacon until crisp; remove bacon from the pan and allow it to drain on paper towels.
• Cool bacon and crumble.
• Keep bacon fat in the skillet for caramelizing onions and frying up dumplings.
• In the same skillet, caramelize chopped onions on low heat. This should take about 30 to 45 minutes, occasionally stirring. When they are done, drain onions in a strainer over a small glass bowl reserving bacon fat and the set aside. Keep the same skillet to fry the dumplings.
• In the meantime, on a small cutting board, ladle Haluski dough and with a knife, cut about 1 teaspoon sized pieces while holding the board over the boiling water; drop the dough pieces into the water. You might want to do this in batches; a ladle sized amount of dough pieces at a time.
• Let each small batch boil until dumplings are throughly cooked and floating to the top of the boiling water. (They sink when first dropped in). Repeat with another batch of dough until you've used it all.
• Strain dumplings out of the water and add them to a medium bowl to drain for a moment.
• Take each batch and add them to the skillet. Add a little bacon fat over the dumplings and fry on both sides on medium heat until brown.
• Repeat with the remaining batches of dough as they finish boiling.
• Place dumplings into a large serving bowl.
• Sprinkle bacon crumbles, two slices of cheese, a Tablespoon of caramelized onions at a time for each layer.
• Repeat the layering process as you finish cooking additional batches of dumplings - frying in the pan, layering into the large serving dish with bacon, onions and cheese until full batch is done (approximately four layers).
• When complete, take a large spoon and throughly mix Haluski with all of the other layers to incorporate all the ingredients thoroughly.
• Serve as is or add Kielbasa on the side, or slice up Kielbasa and mix it in with Haluski!
• Garnish with sprinkles of freshly chopped chives on top, add a dollop of sour cream to each serving and serve with a nice warm crusty bread!

KLUSKIES (POLISH POTATO DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Grate selected number of raw, peeled potatoes. Add dash of salt and flour to make a heavy dough mixture. Mix with hands.
• Boil kettle of water. Drop dough with teaspoon (3/4 tsp.) into boiling water. Cook until done. Drain.
• Fry onion and bits of ham in a little butter and pour over Kluskies in serving dish. Serve.