Schaumburger-style potato dumplings

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1,000 g potatoes
• 3 slices of toast or white bread
• 2 eggs
• 200 g flour
• Salt
• pepper
• nutmeg
• 30 g butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Boil the potatoes, peel them, and then mash them. Cut the toast or white bread into small cubes and fry in butter until golden brown. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Add the toast cubes to the mashed potatoes and let it cool. Add the eggs and flour, and season with salt if desired. Knead everything into a dough. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour. Roll the dough into a long roll and score the dumplings with a knife, then turn them. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and add the dumplings. Do not allow the water to boil any further. There should be enough room for the dumplings to sit on the bottom of the pot. After about 5 minutes, carefully remove them from the bottom of the pot. When the dumplings float to the top, they are done. Because it’s a bit more work, you can also make double the batch and freeze them. But be careful, these dumplings are addictive.