"Hairy" Potato Dumplings and Filled Potato Dumplings

Hoorische - "Hairy" Potato Dumplings

The name Hoorische translates as "hairy ones" and alludes to the dumplings surface which comes out quite rough because the potatoes are grated coarsely.

Ingredients:

2 lbs raw potatoes
2 lbs boiled potatoes, left over from the previous day
3 eggs
flour
salt, pepper

Preparation:

Grate the raw potatoes finely, place them in a cheese cloth over a strainer and thoroughly squeeze out the liquid. Peel and grate the leftover boiled potatoes. Combine both kinds of potatoes, adding 3 eggs, and a dash each of salt and pepper.

Add enough flour so that the dough will not stick to the bowl or your fingers. Form longish dumplings from the potato mass and cook them in boiling water. When the dumplings float to the surface, leave them in for 3 more minutes. Remove dumplings from water.

Hoorische are best served with a bacon gravy and Sauerkraut.

Gefillde or Gefillde Knepp (stuffed potato dumplings)

Gefillde have the same ingredients and preparation as Hoorische, but the dumplings are filled with a mixture of ground meat (pork and/or beef), coarse liver sausage, pepper and salt. They are usually served with creamy bacon gravy and sauerkraut.

Note:
If you do not have the time to prepare theses potato specialties from scratch, try using any of the convenient potato products as great shortcuts:

Kartoffelland Raw Potato Dumpling Mix
Maggi Potato Dumpling Mix
Panni Shredded Potato Pancake Mix or Shredded Potato Dumpling Mix
Werner's Raw Potato Dumplings
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