Potato Klubb Norwegian Potato Dumplings Recipes

NORWEGIAN POTATO KLUB

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove bacon from the pan, and reserve the grease.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and baking powder. Stir in potatoes to make a sticky dough.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and add 2 teaspoons of salt. Squeeze the potato mixture into 6 or 7 dumplings, or your desired size. Drop carefully into the boiling water. Simmer for 45 to 60 minutes. Remove to a platter with a slotted spoon.
• Serve with bacon grease brushed over the top, and crumbled bacon. These may also be sliced and fried the next day for another great meal.

KLUBB RECIPE - NORWEGIAN POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Bring large pot of salted water to hard simmer
• While water is warming, grate potatoes and put in big bowl
• Add flour, egg, and salt to the bowl
• Mix and knead until firm. Add more flour if necessary to bring to stiff bread dough consistency
• Wrap dough around one cube of ham. Each dumpling should be the size of a large meatball and you should get 8-12 dumplings.
• Drop dumpling into simmering water and allow to cook for 45 minutes, making sure dumpling does not stick to the bottom of the pot.
• remove with a slotted spoon and serve with butter, salt, and pepper

NORWEGIAN POTATO LEFSA

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and place them in a large pot with a large amount of water. Bring water to a boil, and let the potatoes boil until soft. Drain and mash well.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine 8 cups mashed potatoes, cream, butter, salt, and sugar. Cover potatoes and refrigerate over night.
• Mix flour into the mashed potatoes and roll the mixture into balls about the size of tennis balls, or smaller depending on preference. Keep balls of dough on plate in the refrigerator.
• Taking one ball out of the refrigerator at a time, roll dough balls out on a floured board. To keep the dough from sticking while rolling it out, it helps to have a rolling pin with a cotton rolling pin covers.
• Fry the lefsa in a grill or in an iron skillet at very high heat. If lefsa brown too much, turn the heat down. After cooking each piece of lefsa place on a dishtowel. Fold towel over lefsa to keep warm. Stack lefsa on top of each other and keep covered to keep from drying out.

KLUBB-NORWEGIAN POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix the raw, grated potato with the flour immediately to stop the potato turning brown.
• Mash the boiled potato, mix with the grated potato and add salt to taste. Roll the potato mixture into balls and leave to summer in salted water for approximately 30 minutes.
• Make sure there is enough water in the pan so that the dumplings are not touching.
• Serve with goat's cheese sauce and meat.