Moms Haluski Recipes

TRADITIONAL SLOVAK HALUSKI

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. When bacon is cool, crumble and set aside.
• Place potatoes into a food processor and process until pureed, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and stir in flour, eggs, baking powder, and salt to make a sticky dough. Set dough aside.
• Fill a large pot about half full of lightly salted water and bring to a boil. Ladle large spoonfuls of the sticky dough to a small cutting board and use a knife to chop the dough into tablespoon-size pieces; as you cut off a piece, drop it into the boiling water. Let the dumplings boil over medium heat until they float, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon to a large serving bowl.
• Sprinkle bacon crumbles and a handful of shredded brick cheese over each batch of dumplings; continue to make, boil, and transfer dumplings to the bowl, sprinkling each batch with bacon and brick cheese. When all dumplings are made, gently stir the haluski to mix all ingredients.

MOM'S HALUSKI

Steps:

• Put a large pot of water on the stove to boil.
• Fry the cabbage in a large skillet, Season with salt and pepper, Fry until brown and cooked, Cover to keep warm.
• In a food processor, blend potatoes until liquid (You may have to do it in batches, it's ok if the potatoes turn brown).Add the eggs then.
• Add flour until stiff (so that a spoon will stand up when placed in it).
• Place a small amount of the potatoes on a plate and push spoonfulls off the edge of the plate into a pot of boiling water.
• Allow dumplings to boil until the float (about 10 min).
• Cook the margarine in a saucepan until dark brown (browning the butter) Careful not to burn it, you will smell it if you do.
• Mix cooked cabbage and dumplings together and drizzle with the brown butter.