Haluska Hungarian Potato Dumplings With Cottage Cheese Recipes

HALUSKA, HUNGARIAN POTATO DUMPLINGS WITH COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• boil, peel, and grate a large starchy potatoe.
• Combine with flour, egg, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Drop by 1/2 teaspoon into a large pot of boiling water.
• Dumplings are done when they float.
• Remove from pot and drain well.
• Empty water from pot and return dumplings to it.
• Sprinkle dumplings with dill weed then combine with cottage cheese (I prefer small curd but either works).
• Re-warm dish to eating temperature (cottage cheese will reduce temperature) and serve.
• Alternatively combine with boiled cabbage instead of cottage cheese (also very tasty).

HERBED POTATO WITH COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except paprika, potato and cottage cheese into a cup and microwave 30 seconds or until butter is melted.
• Stir mixture well, cut two slices half way into potato, fill with mixture and place a little over the outside.
• Wrap with foil and bake for one hour at 180 celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
• Remove potatoes from foil, spoon cottage cheese over top and sprinkle with paprika.

HUNGARIAN HALOUSKY

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil.
• In the meantime, in another pot, boil, peel and grate a large starchy potato.
• Combine potato with eggs, flour, salt, and pepper.
• Drop potato mixture by half teaspoons into the pot of boiling water.
• Dumplings are done when they float.
• When dumplings are done, remove them from the pot, drain the water, and return them to the pot.
• Sprinkle dumplings with dill then stir them with cottage cheese or cabbage.
• Re-warm to eating temperature and serve.

POTATO DUMPLINGS AND CABBAGE / HUNGARIAN HALUSKA

Steps:

• 1. For the cabbage: shred the cabbage very fine. I use my food processor with the shredder attachment. If you prefer, you can just dice, slice, how ever you like.
• 2. Add oil to a large frying pan. Add the butter. Get pan heated through, and add your shredded cabbage and onion. You will want to saute the cabbage and onion until it browns. Having the heat on medium, as you do not want to burn it, only allow it to brown. (Dad said I could brown mine a bit more, as you can see in the pictures. Next time I will give it a bit more time to brown.) It caramelizes and packs maximum flavor! IF YOU ARE USING COTTAGE CHEESE: Omit the cabbge and add 1 pound of cottage cheese to the dumplings, warming it through.
• 3. FOR THE DUMPLINGS: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Combine flour,eggs, salt and pepper,and water. Mix well. Add the shredded potato and mix well. It is a wet dough. Scrape this dough with a spoon into the boiling water. Make sure you dip the spoon into the boiling water. This will prevent the dough from sticking to the spoon. The dumplings will float to the top when they are done.
• 4. Drain the dumplings and add to the caramelized cabbage and onions. Stir to combine and to reheat.