Stained Glass Potatoes Food

PARSLEY POTATO CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a brush, paint a thin, even coating of butter on the parchment; sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
• Using a mandoline, slice potatoes lengthwise into even, translucent slices. Place the slices 1/4 inch apart on the buttered parchment. Brush potato slices with butter, leaving no streaks or puddles. Place 1 or 2 parsley leaves on top of each, and flatten with your fingers. Place a matching-size potato slice on top, flatten with your fingers, brush with butter, and lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover potatoes with a piece of parchment paper, and place another sheet pan on top. Weight the top baking pan with three bricks, or completely fill pan with raw dried beans.
• Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until potatoes are crisp and golden brown all over, about 12 minutes. Remove from oven, and serve.

STAINED GLASS POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375°F.
• Wash, scrub, and dry you potatoes well as the skin will be left on.
• Using a slicer or a mandolin slice the potatoes long ways very thinly, about 1/16 of an inch (you can do this by hand, just be very careful to keep the slices thin enough and even).
• On a sheet pat place one silpat and place your egg whites in a shallow dish.
• Dip one slice of potato, place it on the silpat.
• Place one parsley leaf on top of the potato slice.
• Dip another potato slice in the egg white mixture and lay it on top of the original potato slice and the parsley leaf- you have just made one stained glass potato.
• Repeat this until the sheet pan is full but not over crowded.
• Gently pour vegetable oil onto the silpat, pour just enough that each stained glass potato is surrounded and coated--be careful that they do not move around too much.
• Place a second silpat on top of the stained glass potatoes and oil.
• Place in the oven and back until golden brown, remove and blot dry.
• Once made these potatoes can be blotted and kept in a cool *DRY* place up to 2 weeks.

ORIGINAL KUMLA RECIPE FROM MOM

Steps:

• Place the ham in a large soup pot (at least 10 quart size), and pour in 16 to 20 cups of water to cover. Bring the water to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer the ham to make a rich stock, about 2 hours. Remove the ham, and skim any foam off the broth. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste) to broth, if necessary.
• Place the potatoes in a large bowl, and use very wet hands to mix in the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt to make a sticky dough.
• Bring the ham stock to a full, rolling boil. Place a bowl of water near the stove. With very wet hands, pinch off about 2/3 cup of dough, and press a piece of bacon into the center of the dough. Roll the dough into a ball about 2 1/2 inches across, and slip the kumla into the boiling broth along the side of the pot. Don't drop them into the middle of the broth to avoid splashing the hot broth. Repeat with the remaining dough, using the bowl of water to keep your hands very wet, until all the dumplings have been added to the broth.
• Cover and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes, then use a slotted spoon or spatula to gently lift any stuck dumplings from the bottom of the pot. Cover the pot again, and simmer the dumplings for about 1 hour. They will float to the top of the broth as they cook.
• Gently lift the kumla from the broth with a slotted spoon, and stack them in a bowl for serving. Sprinkle with salt and pepper before serving.