Kavechikinadle - Plum Dumplings
“I don’t think anyone else in the world has ever made these, they’re quite unusual.”
Kavechikinadle is made once a year, at the end of summer when you can buy a crate of plums for cheap!
No need to remove the pit, just put the whole thing in and "roll it up!"
MAKES
12 servings
TOTAL TIME
Prep: it's an afternoon thing...
INGREDIENTS
- 20 plums
- 1 cup cold mashed potatoes (using instant is easy!)
- 4 cups of flour (it might be 6)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 cups of water
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups breadcrumbs browned in butter
- cottage cheese
- sugar for sprinkling
METHOD
Combine mashed potatoes, flour and baking powder. Make a well and add 2 cups of water, add 2 eggs. Roll this dough into a "sausage" shape and cut off pieces big enough to cover 1 plum entirely.
Roll the dough around each plum. No need to remove the pit.
Brown some breadcrumbs in a frying pan with butter.
Drop the plum balls into boiling water. They are cooked when they rise to the top and float. Roll the plum balls in the breadcrumbs and serve warm and crispy. Serve with cottage cheese and sugar for sprinkling.
