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Meatballs In A Blanket (Stuffed Knedle Dumplings) – Eastern European Recipe

Stuffed Dumplings - Turkey stuffing 3These dumplings are almost a complete meal in itself, since you have the potatoes, the meat, plus add your favorite gravy, or a savory tomato sauce, and dinner is ready.

My sister shared a bunch of new recipes with me, so I will also share them with you, as soon as I test them out, and include some pictures to show them off.

These dumplings are very tasty, and the leftovers are great reheated in the microwave, or a frying pan.

You may serve them with your favorite gravy, sauteed onions in butter, sauteed bread crumbs in butter, or a savory tomato sauce.

I made my tomato sauce using fresh tomatoes from my garden.

This recipe yields 32 dumplings, slightly larger than a golf ball.

Here are additipnal serving suggestions of this dish:

Stuffed gnocchi - with sauteed breadcrumbs

Stuffed gnocchi - seved with mushroom sauce

Stuffed gnocchi - with sauteed onions and butter

Meatballs In A Blanket (Stuffed Knedle Dumplings) – Eastern European Recipe

Meatballs In A Blanket (Stuffed Knedle Dumplings) – Eastern European Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 cups mashed potatoes (about 10 medium size potatoes)
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup Wondra flour
  • 2 Tbs. corn starch
  • 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • 1 Tbs. butter
  • 1 Tbs. Canola oil
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • Stuffing
  • 1 lbs. ground meat (I used turkey for this recipe, but chicken, beef or pork may also be used)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 Tbs butter
  • 1 tsp. Sage
  • 1/2 tsp. Oregano
  • 1/2 tsp. Basil
  • 2 Tbs. Flat Leaf Italian Parsley, chopped
  • 4 Tbs. bread crumbs
  • 1 egg
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Peel the potatoes, cut in chunks.
  2. Rinse and place in a pot of cold, salted water.
  3. Bring to boil and cook until done (about 20 minutes).
  4. Drain the water, and add 1 Tbs. butter.
  5. Mash well, until smooth, and not lumpy.
  6. Set aside.
  7. Place the mashed potatoes on a floured work area.
  8. Mix the all-purpose flour with the corn starch and Wondra flour.
  9. Make a well in the middle of the potatoes, and add the flour mixture.
  10. Add 1 egg, one egg yolk, salt and oil.
  11. Mix it all up, to create a soft and satiny dough.
  12. Let the dough rest 5 minutes, covered with a tea towel.
  13. While the dough is resting, prepare the stuffing, unless you prepared it while the potatoes were boiling to give it a chance to cool.
  14. On a floured work surface, roll the dough into a long rope, about 2 inches in diameter.
  15. Use a sharp knife, and cut the dough rope into 32 slices, about 1/4 inch thick.
  16. Using floured hands, and working on a floured surface, form each slice into a thin circle (less than 1/8 inch thick).
  17. Place one prepared meatball in the middle of the circle and bring edges together to seal, then roll between the palms of your hands to form a ball.
  18. Set aside on a floured surface and repeat the process until all the dough and filling are used up.
  19. Meanwhile, fill a pot with salted water, and bring to boil.
  20. Place several dumplings (no  more than one layer once they float up to the top) into the boiling water, and gently stir with a wooden spoon, or spatula.
  21. Bring to boil again, and once they float to the top, cook for at least 8 minutes.
  22. Remove with a slotted spoon into a bowl of cold water, and leave them in there for few minutes to cool off. Then pour out into a colander, to drip off.
  23. Repeat the cooking process for the remaining dumplings.
  24. Stuffing:
  25. Add 1 Tbs. butter to a frying pan, and saute the chopped onions for 2 minutes, until translucent.
  26. Add the minced garlic and saute for a minute longer, stirring often.
  27. Add the ground meat and continue to saute, until fully cooked, stirring continuously to break it up.
  28. Season with salt, pepper, oregano, basil, parsley and sage.
  29. Remove to a medium bowl, and mix well with 1 egg and bread crumbs, to make stuffing.
  30. Set aside to cool, then form into 32 meatballs, about the size of a walnut.

Notes

Serve warm with your favorite gravy (mine favorite is mushroom, or sautéed bread crumbs in butter, garnished with chopped parsley, or sautéed onions in butter, garnished with chopped dill weed.

If you wish to make this dish vegetarian, you can use a vegetable filling such as sauteed mushrooms, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, savory cheese, etc.

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