Potato Balls Ii Kartoffelkloesse Pronounced Kleasa Recipes

POTATO-BALLS/KARTOFFELKLOESSE (PRONOUNCED "KLEASA")

Steps:

• Grate the raw potatoes real fine.
• Add some baking soda so they don't turn brown.
• Set aside so the water can come out.
• Pour into a cotton-bag and squeeze until no more moisture comes out.
• Catch the liquids that come out and save in bowl.
• let sit so the starch can sink to the bottom.
• Then put the raw potatoes back in another bowl.
• Mash the boiled potatoes and add to the raw potatoes.
• Now very careful and slowly pour the water out of the bowl and save the starch because you need to add it to the potatoe-mixture.
• Add a little bit of salt and knead well.
• Cut the bread in small dices and toast in some butter to a golden brown.
• Form fist sized balls (form the balls with cold moist hands).
• poke a hole in the middle and put some bread dices in the hole, close back up.
• In a big pot with almost boiling water let them.
• simmer for about 20 minutes Don't boil other than that you'll have Potato Soup.

POTATO-BALLS II - KARTOFFELKLOESSE (PRONOUNCED KLEASA)

Steps:

• Grate the raw potatoes into a bowl with luke warm water.
• Squeeze the water out of the potatoes through a cotton-bag or a kitchen towel, saving the water in an extra bowl to get the starch on the bottom -- this is an old recipe, save the starch to use it for ironing ;-) -- return to the bowl.
• Bring the milk to a boil and pour over the raw potatoes.
• Rice the boiled potatoes and mix everything together, knead.
• Cut the bread in small dices and toast in some butter to a golden brown.
• Form fistsize balls with the potato dough.
• Punch a hole in the middle and put some bread dices in the middle, close back up form the balls with cold moist hands.
• Drop into the boiling water, let boil once, then just let simmer for 20 minutes.
• Take out of the salted water.
• If you want to freeze them, take them out after 15 min.
• Set loose on a sheet and prefreeze.
• Then wrap them up each one single in aluminum foil and freeze To serve: put the balls in cold salted water, bring to a boil and let simmer then for about 10 min.
• They swim up when they're done.