Servings: 3 large portions
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs potatoes or 700g raw potatoes, or ~1.1 lbs (or 500g) boiled potatoes
- 5 oz potato flour or potato starch or ~140g
- 1 egg
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Cook Potatoes: Boil potatoes in salted water until soft, about 30 minutes. Drain and dry for 1 minute on low heat.
- Mash: While hot, mash the potatoes using a grater, masher, or fork.
- Spread: Transfer mashed potatoes to a bowl or plate and spread evenly.
- Portion: Divide into four parts, set aside one quarter.
- Add Flour: Fill the empty space in the bowl with potato flour for a 4:1 potato-to-flour ratio. Adding slightly more is okay.
- Mix Dough: Combine potatoes, potato flour, set-aside potatoes, egg(s), and mix to form a dough.
- Boil Water: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Shape Dough: On a floured surface, roll dough into a cylinder using well-floured hands and cut into one-inch pieces.
- Form Dumplings: Flatten dough pieces between hands, then press a hole in the center of each using your index finger. Transfer to a floured surface.
- Cook Dumplings: Add dumplings to boiling water in batches. Cook until they float, then simmer for 3 more minutes.
- Remove: Use a slotted spoon to transfer dumplings to a plate.
- Serve.
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