Best Plum Dumplings Recipes

PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• To pit the plums, slice them almost in half, open, and remove pit. Place about 1/3 teaspoon of sugar in the hollow of each plum; close the plum, and place in a bowl. Set aside.
• Place potatoes in a large pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until tender. Drain. When cool enough to handle, mash potatoes with a fork or potato masher. You will need 1 cup of mashed potatoes. Set aside, and keep warm.
• To make the dough, sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together into a pile on a breadboard. Make a well in the center; add 1 cup mashed potatoes, egg yolks, and shortening into the well, and work in until the dough is pliable and smooth.
• When dough is thoroughly kneaded, roll it out onto a floured board to a thickness of about 1/4 inch. Cut into roughly 4-inch rounds with a biscuit cutter. Holding one piece of dough in your hand, place a whole pitted plum in the center. Place another piece of dough on top, and press to seal the edges of the dough together. Make sure there are no leaks, or the plum will come out during cooking.
• To cook, bring a deep pot of salted water to boil. Place dumplings in water, and boil gently for about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, to make the sauce, melt butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar. (If you like, stir in some of the juice that collects in the bowl of pitted plums.) Stir in a small amount of bread crumbs to slightly thicken the sauce.
• When dumplings are done, remove them from boiling water, and place them in the frying pan, and turn to coat the dumplings. Serve hot with extra sauce poured over them.

POLISH PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Wash fruit in cold water and dry thoroughly; set aside until ready to use.
• Combine flour, melted butter, egg yolks, salt and enough milk to make a soft dough that pulls.
• Cover and let stand about half an hour.
• Roll out thinly on a floured board, cut into 24 small squares and wrap a plum in each.
• Cook in boiling salted water for about 10 minutes; cooked dumplings will float to the top.
• Drain and serve sprinkled with sugar, cinnamon and melted butter.

PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk and egg just until blended. Divide into six portions. , On a lightly floured surface, pat each portion of dough into a 5-in. circle. Place a plum half on each circle. Gently bring up corners of dough to center; pinch edges to seal. , In a Dutch oven, bring water and butter to a boil. Carefully add dumplings. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a dumpling comes out clean. Serve warm with pan juices, melted butter and cinnamon-sugar.

MACEDONIAN PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium-low heat, cook and stir the bread crumbs until golden brown and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Set the crumbs aside.
• Place potatoes in a pot of water over medium heat, and boil until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Drain the potatoes, and allow to cool for several minutes to dry out; then squeeze the potatoes through a potato ricer into a bowl. Place 1 tablespoon of butter into the potatoes, and allow to melt, then mix in the flour until thoroughly combined. Mix in egg and salt. Turn the mixture out onto a generously floured work surface, and knead until the dough is soft and no longer sticky, about 10 minutes.
• Divide the dough into quarters, and subdivide each quarter into fourths to make 16 portions. Roll each portion into a ball, and roll the ball out on a floured work surface until it forms a circle about 3 1/2 inches in diameter. Place a pitted plum into the center of the dough circle, and spoon a teaspoon of sugar into the plum. Roll and pinch the dough around the plum to seal. Repeat with the remaining dough to make 16 dumplings.
• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil over medium heat, and drop the dumplings into the boiling water. Stir gently to loosen any dumplings that stick to the bottom. Allow the dumplings to rise to the top, then boil for 5 more minutes. Gently remove dumplings with a slotted spoon, and roll in the toasted bread crumbs to serve. Any remaining dough can be rolled into plain dumplings, boiled, and rolled in crumbs.

POTATO PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes, and place them into a large pot with enough water to cover. bring to a boil, and cook until tender, about 40 minutes. Drain, and cool. When potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel, and press through a ricer into a large bowl. Set aside to cool. This part of the process can be done as much as one day in advance.
• In a large bowl, mix together the prepared potatoes, salt, egg, and 1 tablespoon of butter until well blended. Gradually stir in the farina, and then the flour. If dough is still wet, more flour can be mixed in. Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and knead until smooth, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Split open each plum where it cracks, and remove the pit. Replace each pit with a sugar cube, and close.
• On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into twelve 3 inch squares. Place one plum into each square, and bring the corners around to the top. Pinch together all of the seams to seal.
• Bring a large pot of water to a slow boil. Place about 4 dumplings into the water at a time. Once they float to the surface, continue to cook them for about 5 more minutes. Transfer cooked dumplings to a covered bowl, and keep warm.
• Melt the remaining 1/2 cup of butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Stir in bread crumbs, and 1/4 cup of sugar. Continue to cook and stir until browned. Remove the bread crumbs to a plate, and roll warm dumplings in the mixture until entirely coated. To serve, place a dumpling or two on a plate, sprinkle with a little sugar and a little extra melted butter, if desired.

CROATIAN PLUM DUMPLINGS (KNEDLI OD SLJIVA)

Steps:

• Cook potato in skin until soft (like for potato salad). When ready peal the skin and mash potato on flat surface. Be careful it is very hot.
• Add butter (crush it a bit to speed melting), flour, semolina, nutmeg and salt. Make it into a dough, and when cools it a bit add two eggs. You will think now that you make a big mistake because it will turn very wet, but you have to be firm and continue to make dough. It is OK to add more flour.
• The right amount of flour will be clear to you after you make this several times, this is amount I usually put. It also depends on quality of potato; some are softer than others. When the dough is firm, but soft enough, make the dumplings.
• Cut a piece of dough and roll around cleaned and washed plum. The dough shouldn't be more than 1 cm thick. If you make it without plum stone, break the plum into half, remove the stone and put a sugar cube instead. After that, do as previously mention.
• At this point you can freeze the whole amount of dumplings, but do it on flat surface making sure they don't touch. After they freeze, you can put them in a bag.
• If you want to cook them right away, use large pot, fill with water up to 2/3 and add some oil. When water boils, put the dumplings into the water and cook until they start to float on the surface. You may use a toothpick to check if they are soft.
• In the meantime melt butter in a frying pan and fry some breadcrumbs. When removing dumplings from the pot put them into hot butter with breadcrumbs and fry them just a bit to reduce surplus of water.
• You may serve them as a desert, but also as a lunch, of course amount of dumplings will differ in both cases.
• When you open the dumplings, you may put some sugar over it and also some grounded cinnamon. Some people add sour cream over dumplings, but I don't like it that way.

GERMAN BREADED PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Drain. Peel as soon as they are cool enough to handle and push through a potato ricer or mash with a potato masher in a bowl. Set aside to cool completely, about 10 minutes.
• Combine potatoes, flour, 1 egg, and salt in a bowl and mix into a smooth dough. Shape into a 3-inch log and cut into 3/4 -inch slices.
• Stuff each pitted Italian plums with 1 sugar cube. Wrap potato dough slices around the stuffed plums so they are completely covered; shape with floured hands into round dumplings.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Submerge dumplings in the water, reduce heat, and simmer on very low heat for 15 minutes. Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon and drain well.
• Lightly beat 2 eggs and place in a deep plate. Add bread crumbs to a second plate. Coat each boiled dumpling in beaten egg and dredge through the bread crumbs. Gently push bread crumbs into dumplings so they stick.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat and pan-fry dumplings until they are golden brown on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Serve with cinnamon sugar.

SVESTKOVE KNEDLIKY (PLUM DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Cream 2 tablespoons butter, beat in eggs and salt.
• Gradually beat in flour and riced potatoes.
• Dough should be stiff to knead thoroughly.
• On floured board roll out dough to 1/4-in thickness, then cut 3-inch squares.
• Lay 1 plum on each square, sprinkle with little cinnamon sugar and fold edges over plum.
• Shape with hands into a ball.
• The wall of dough should be very thin.
• Drop dumplings into boiling salted water, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Brown bread crumbs in 1/3 cup hot butter.
• Roll dumplings in buttered bread crumbs, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

MOM'S CZECH PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• 1)Bake potatoes and rice on a board that has been lightly floured. Cover riced potatoes with clean cloth until cooled. 2)Sprinkle cooled potatoes with cr of wheat, flour and beaten egg. 3)Combine and knead till blended. 4)Roll dough into a fairly med to lg roll and slice off pieces. 5)Insert a plum into the center and completely seal. 6)Roll dumpling in flour and set aside intil water boils. 7)Drop dumplings into boiling water, simmer until dumplings float to the top, approx. 15-20 mins. To serve: Cut open dumpling and drizzle with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar.

HUNGARIAN PLUM DUMPLINGS - WITH VEGAN/SUGAR FREE VERSION

Steps:

• Start by boiling the unpeeled potatoes in a pot of water (for small potatoes this will take about 10-15 minutes). After they are boiled remove them from the water and let them cool for a couple of minutes then peel and mash them.
• Put the mashed potatoes in a large bowl and add the beaten eggs (or egg substitutes), oil and flour.
• Mix all ingredients together until you get a sticky and smooth dough.
• Mix the cinnamon, vanilla and rum extracts and the sucanat in a small bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of this mixture into the middle of each plum.
• Heat the oil in a small skillet. Add the bread crumbs and let them fry for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and put them on a large plate.
• Divide the dough in two. Roll the dough and cut it into dumpling-size portions (ones that appear to be big enough to wrap your plum). Take each portion and form a small ball. Flatten the ball and place the plum into the center, then remake the ball with the plum inside.
• Tip: You must have flour on your hands all the time so the dough won't stick to your fingers.
• Boil some water in a large pot. Add a pinch of sea salt.
• When the water has reached boiling point, place some dumplings inside.
• Be careful, if the dumplings stick to the bottom of the pot all you need to do is to shake it a little bit. Let them boil for 5 minutes. When ready they will rise from the bottom of the pot.
• Remove them from the water using a slotted spoon and roll them in the bread crumbs. Serve with honey (or other healthy syrup) on top.

POLISH PLUM DUMPLINGS (SOUTHERN USA STYLE)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine (potatoe or cattail roots or chestnuts or acorns), eggs and salt. When well combined, add all purpose gluten free flour and mix until a soft dough forms. Place a xylitol sugar cube in the center of each pitted yellow plum. Place a large pot of sea salted water on to boil. Using lightly gluten free floured hands, take a portion of dough and pat it flat in your hand. Place a yellow plum in the center and bring sides of dough up over yellow plum, enclosing it completely. Moisten edges if necessary to seal. Carefully drop into boiling water. Repeat until all yellow plums are in the water. Cook 20 minutes. Meanwhile, melt butter in small skillet, add crush kix and brown. Using a slotted spoon, remove dumplings to a colander. Transfer to a serving platter and pour buttered crumbs over dumplings. Dust with xylitol and ground carolina allspice, if desired.

HUNGARIAN PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cook potatoes for dough:
• Cover potatoes with salted cold water (1 tablespoon salt for 2 quarts water) in a large saucepan and simmer until tender, about 40 minutes. Drain potatoes and, when cool enough to handle, peel. Force warm potatoes through ricer into a shallow baking pan and spread out to cool completely.
• Make crumb mixture while potatoes cook:
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until foam subsides, then cook bread crumbs and walnuts, stirring frequently, until crumbs are golden and crisp, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. Transfer to a bowl, then stir in 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Make dough:
• Transfer cooled potatoes to a bowl and stir in flour, salt, softened butter, and yolks until a dough forms. Knead on a well-floured surface just until smooth, about 1 minute (dough will be soft). Cut dough in half and let stand, uncovered, 15 minutes. Roll out half of dough on floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a 10-inch round (1/8 inch thick) and cut out 6 rounds with cutter, reserving scraps.
• Make filling and assemble dumplings:
• Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, then stir together with plums and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Place 1 dough round in center of your hand. Put 1 tablespoon filling in center of round, then fold round in half, forming a semicircle, and pinch edges to seal. Gently form into a ball and gently roll between your palms until smooth. Transfer dumpling to a wax-paper-lined tray. Repeat with remaining 5 dough rounds, then make more dumplings with remaining dough, rerolling scraps.
• Cook and coat dumplings:
• Cook dumplings in a pasta pot of boiling lightly salted water (1 tablespoon salt for 5 quarts water) and simmer, uncovered, until dough is firm to the touch, about 12 minutes. While dumplings cook, melt remaining 4 1/2 tablespoons butter in cleaned 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Gently transfer cooked dumplings with a slotted spoon to skillet, spooning butter over them to coat. Transfer dumplings to a platter and sprinkle with half of crumb mixture. Serve immediately, with remaining crumb mixture on the side.

PLUM DUMPLINGS - BLOMMEBOLLER

Steps:

• Cook and peel the potatoes.
• Mash in a large bowl.
• Add the flour, sugar, eggs, salt and melted butter and mix well to make a dough.
• Roll out quite thin and cut into rounds the diameter of a teacup.
• Remove pits from the plums and fill each cavity with a sugar cube.
• Place 1 filled plum in each round of dough and pinch edges together.
• Cook in lightly salted boiling water about 10 minutes.
• While the dumplings are cooking, mix the bread crumbs with the melted butter.
• When dumplings are cooked, drain and roll in bread-crumb mixture and then in sugar and cinnamon.
• These are a delicious accompaniment to either roast beef or roast pork.

PLUM DUMPLINGS (MACEDONIAN RECIPE)

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium-low heat, cook and stir the bread crumbs until golden brown and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Set the crumbs aside.
• Place potatoes in a pot of water over medium heat, and boil until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Drain the potatoes, and allow to cool for several minutes to dry out; then squeeze the potatoes through a potato ricer into a bowl.
• Place 1 tablespoon of butter into the potatoes, and allow to melt, then mix in the flour until thoroughly combined. Mix in egg and salt. Turn the mixture out onto a generously floured work surface, and knead until the dough is soft and no longer sticky, about 10 minutes.
• Divide the dough into quarters, and subdivide each quarter into fourths to make 16 portions. Roll each portion into a ball, and roll the ball out on a floured work surface until it forms a circle about 3 1/2 inches in diameter. Place a pitted plum into the center of the dough circle, and spoon a teaspoon of sugar into the plum. Roll and pinch the dough around the plum to seal. Repeat with the remaining dough to make 16 dumplings.
• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil over medium heat, and drop the dumplings into the boiling water. Stir gently to loosen any dumplings that stick to the bottom. Allow the dumplings to rise to the top, then boil for 5 more minutes.
• Gently remove dumplings with a slotted spoon, and roll in the toasted bread crumbs to serve.
• Any remaining dough can be rolled into plain dumplings, boiled, and rolled in crumbs.
• Note: Instead of spooning a teaspoon of sugar into each plum, it's easy to push a sugar cube into the plum.

POTATO-PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes well but do not peel.
• In a saucepan combine potatoes and water to cover and bring to a boil.
• Cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork (about 40 minutes); drain.
• When potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel and, while still warm, press through a potato ricer into a large mixing bowl.
• Let cool.
• Add salt, eggs, and the 1 tablespoon butter to potatoes and mix well.
• Gradually mix in the 1 cup flour and farina until dough is easy to work, adding more flour if it is too wet. Turn dough out onto a floured board and knead well until smooth and fairly soft (5 to 10 minutes). With your hands form dough into a large sausage-shaped roll.
• Cut roll into 12 to 16 equal pieces.
• Cut open plums and remove pits.
• Replace each pit with a sugar cube and re-form plum.
• With a floured rolling pin, roll out each dough piece into a 3-inch square 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick.
• Place 1 plum in center of each square. Bring up corners of square to enclose plum completely; no part of plum must be exposed.
• Pinch dough edges together firmly so that dumpling doesn't break open during cooking.
• Meanwhile, fill a large saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Drop in dumplings, being careful not to crowd pan, and boil gently, stirring occasionally.
• Do not boil too hard or dumplings may split open.
• Once dumplings rise to surface, cook until tender (5 to 10 minutes total cooking time, depending on intensity of boil). With a slotted utensil carefully remove dumplings one at a time to a heated bowl; cover tightly to keep warm.
• Repeat with remaining dumplings.While dumplings are cooking melt the 1/2 cup butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add bread crumbs and cook, stirring, until browned.
• Turn out onto a flat plate. Roll hot dumplings in browned bread crumbs to coat completely and serve immediately.
• Variations: Potato Noodles - Omit plums and sugar cubes.
• Prepare dough as directed, but roll with your palms to form 2 or more sausage-shaped rolls about 1/2 inch in diameter.
• Cut rolls into 2-inch lengths.
• Fill a large saucepan with salted water and bring to a boil over high heat. Drop in noodles and cook until tender (5 to 10 minutes). Drain and roll in breads crumbs as directed for dumplings.
• Dessert Potato Noodles Prepare Potato Noodles and roll in bread crumbs as directed.
• Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and sugar to taste. Yield: 14 servings.

HUNGARIAN PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cook in salted water till soft. Drain and peel. Mash potatoes and add warm to sifted flour and salt on a kneading surface. Make a well and add egg and knead gently till all is blended. On a clean floured surface, roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough into 4 inch squares and put a plum into center of each square. Place 1/2 tsp. sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon in the hole of the plum. Fold corners to the middle and roll the dumpling in your hands till round. Cook a few dumplings at a time in salted water for about 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon. Place in a pan in which bread crumbs have been toasted in butter (one cup crumbs to 1/4 cup butter) and mixed with 1/2 cup of sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Keep warm. When all the dumplings have been cooked and are in the pan, gently spoon the bread crumbs, butter, sugar and cinnamon mix over all. Serve warm with bread crumb topping and a dollop of Sour Cream if desired.

CZECH PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Bake potatoes and rice on a board that has been lightly floured. Cover riced potatoes with clean cloth until cooled.
• Sprinkle cooled potatoes with cr of wheat, flour and beaten egg.
• Combine and knead till blended.
• Roll dough into a fairly med to lg roll and slice off pieces.
• Insert a plum into the center and completely seal.
• Roll dumpling in flour and set aside intil water boils.
• Drop dumplings into boiling water, simmer until dumplings float to the top, approx. 15-20 mins.
• To serve: Cut open dumpling and drizzle with melted browned butter and sprinkle with poppy seeds and confectioners sugar.

MOM'S CZECH PLUM DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Bake potatoes and rice on a board that has been lightly floured. Cover riced potatoes with clean cloth until cooled.2)Sprinkle cooled potatoes with cr of wheat, flour and beaten egg.3)Combine and knead till blended.4)Roll dough into a fairly med to lg roll and slice off pieces.5)Insert a plum into the center and completely seal.6)Roll dumpling in flour and set aside intil water boils.7)Drop dumplings into boiling water, simmer until dumplings float to the top, approx. 15-20 mins.To serve: Cut open dumpling and drizzle with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar.