Babas Authentic Polish Haluski Recipe With Potato Dumplings Food

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.

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.

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.

POLISH KOPYTKAMI POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Start a 4-6 quart pot of water to boil. Using lots of water for the dumplings to swim in is very important. When it starts to boil, salt the water liberally. Keep covered and on a simmer while mixing the potatoes so it's ready to boil when you are ready to make the dumplings.
• Peel then grate potatoes with a grating blade (smallest holes) in a food processor. Remove any chunks. Strain potatoes in a strainer (not a colander) until water from potatoes is removed. Press on the potatoes to remove as much water as possible. The more water left in the potatoes, the more flour you'll need and you'll have less potato taste in the end.
• Put potatoes in a large bowl and add salt. Mix with a rubber spatula or large spoon.
• Lightly mix eggs in a cup with a fork and add to potatoes. Mix.
• Add flour to potatoes, starting with 1 cup. Mix and continue to add flour until the potatoes are the consistency between pancake batter and bread dough. You shouldn't be able to pour it but you shouldn't be able to knead it either. If you wish, taste potato mixture to check salt.
• Cut bacon into 1/2-1 inch chunks. Fry in a high-sided frying pan on medium heat until limp, not crunchy. Set aside off heat or on lowest heat.
• Bring water back to boil. The water shouldn't be a full rolling boil. It will cause the dumplings to fall apart. Keep the water at just a gentle boil.
• Test one dumpling by using a teaspoon and drop in a dollop of potato mixture (about the size of a large cherry). It will plump up. See if the dumpling holds together. It should sink to the bottom of the pot and when cooked fully it will float. If it falls apart (water starts to fill with bits of potato mixture) add more flour, about 1/4 cup at a time. Test again until it holds together.
• The water will become cloudy and little bits of potato will appear over the course of boiling the dumplings. This is normal. The dumplings will look shaggy, not round or perfect. You can stir them gently during cooking to keep them from sticking together.
• As the dumplings float, take them out with a slotted spoon or strainer and put directly in the bacon pan. Mix all the dumplings in the bacon pan until coated with bacon grease. Taste and add salt as needed. Serve.
• Save a cup of potato water and add as needed to dumplings when reheating the next day.

TRADITIONAL 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 and add a dash of salt to the water. Boil water on high heat.
• On medium heat in a skillet, fry up the bacon till crisp and then remove bacon from the pan and allow it to drain on paper towels. Cool bacon and then crumble it. Set aside.
• In the meantime, on a small cutting board ladle sized amount of Haluski dough(at a time) and with a knife, cut about 1 teaspoon sized pieces while holding the board over the boiling water and drop the dough into the water. You might want to do this in batches.
• Let each small batch boil till 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 large serving bowl. Sprinkle bacon crumbles, handful of brick cheese (or feta)at a time for each layer. Add next layer of dumplings and repeat the layering process as you finish cooking additional batches of dumplings.(approximately four times of layering).
• 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!
• Optional toppings: Sauerkraut.
• Serve with a warm crusty bread!

HALUSKI

Steps:

• Cut up bacon in bite size pieces and fry with chopped onion (I like my bacon crisp, but it's up to you).
• Meanwhile, put on large pot of water to boil.
• Peel potatoes, cut and grind up in a blender (If the mixture is too dry to blend, add the egg).
• In a large bowl, gradually mix flour with potato mush until loose batter is formed.
• Put a large scoop of the batter on a flat surface (I use the bottom of a springform pan).
• Holding the flat surface in one hand, use a fork with the other, pushing finger-size dumplings in the boiling water (They will rise as they cook).
• Gently stir, so they don't stick.
• After the dumplings are all cooked, drain them in a large colander and put them in a large serving bowl.
• Drain sauerkraut in colander, under cold water, squeezing out excess.
• Add sauerkraut, cooked bacon and onion to dumplings.
• Mix gently.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• (An alternate version is with the dumplings mixed with drained cottage cheese and melted butter. Very yummy too!).

SLOVAK HALUSHKI WITH POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In large pot, boil 12 cups of lightly salted water. Cut bacon into very small pieces and put into large stockpot on medium heat. Cut cabbage in half and shred. Put into the stockpot with the bacon.Cut up onion into chunks and place in, also.Add Paprika,Season Salt,and black pepper. Stir often to prevent sticking or burning. Peel potatoes and shred into large bowl. Add flour aall little at a time, mixing at the same time. When all mixed, add egg. Mix thoroughly. Form into big ball and put onto cutting board. With knife, cut thin strips and drop into boiling water. When dumplings rise to the top, they are done. Continue doing this until all of ball is cut into dumplings and boiled. As they are cooked,set aside until cabbage and bacon is cooked. When Cabbage is tender and bacon is done, add dumplings, stir, and Serve!