Silesian dumplings (, ,
,
: ''schläsche Kließla'') are potato
dumpling
Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources), oftentimes wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour, buckwheat or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fi ...
s traditional to the
Silesia region of Poland and Germany. They are also called ''białe kluski''
("white dumplings").
Preparation
The dough for white dumplings is made of first boiled
and then
mashed
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potatoes (moderately cooled, but still warm),
potato flour
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and a little bit of
salt. The ratio of potatoes and flour is about 3:1 or 4:1. In some recipes, a whole egg may be added to the dough
[Rose Petal Jam - Recipes and Stories from a Summer in Poland by Beata Zatorska and Simon Target, published by Tabula Books April 2011 ] (this helps shaping if the mashed potatoes cooled too much and the shaping becomes problematic).
There are two methods of forming the dumplings. The first one is by slicing them up with a knife from the dough rolls.
The other way is to just hand roll them from the dough and flatten. Finally, a depression for gravy is made with a thumb.
The dumplings are then boiled in salted water until they float to the surface.
Service
The dish consisting of the dumplings, fried beef
rouladen with rich gravy, and boiled
red cabbage is (or used to be) an invariable component of the Sunday dinner in many traditional Silesian families. Left-over dumplings can be reheated or fried (like potatoes) for supper and eaten with left-over gravy or butter.
See also
*
Black dumplings – a similar dish
*
Raspeball
*
Black noodles
References
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Silesian cuisine
Dumplings
Potato dishes