makes
30
prep
45 minutes
cook
1:40 hour
difficulty
Easy
makes
30
serves
preparation
45
minutes
cooking
1:40
hour
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 1 kg Sebago potatoes
- 250 g unsalted butter, chopped
- 400 g (2⅓ cups) plain flour
- 1 egg
- 680 g pitted Morello cherries
- 70 g (1 cup) stale breadcrumbs
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1½ tbsp caster sugar
- icing sugar, to serve
Instructions
Bring potatoes to the boil in a pan of salted water. Reduce heat to low and cook for 1 hour or until tender. Drain, cool slightly, then, holding each potato in a tea towel, peel them.
Place potatoes in a bowl and mash. Add 50 g butter, 300 g flour, egg and 1 tsp salt. Combine, then knead in bowl with remaining 100 g flour, adding extra flour if neccesary, until a soft dough (don’t overwork dough).
Using floured hands throughout, turn out dough onto a floured surface and divide into 30 balls. Working with one ball at a time, make a hole in the centre. Place 3 cherries inside, fold dough over to enclose and re-roll into a ball. Place dumplings on a floured tray.
Working in batches of 5, drop dumplings into a saucepan of boiling salted water and cook for 6 minutes or until they rise to the surface. Remove and place on a large tray (see note).
Melt remaining 200 g butter in a large frying pan over high heat. Add breadcrumbs and cook for 2 minutes or until light golden. Cook dumplings, shaking the pan, for 2 minutes or until well coated. Combine cinnamon and sugar, roll dumplings in the mixture, then dust with icing sugar to serve.
Note:
You could refrigerate them in an airtight container at this stage for up to 2 days. Then reheat in boiling sakted water for 2 minutes and then continue the recipe.
As seen in Feast magazine, Issue 9, pg56.
Photography by Alan Benson.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
