steamed dumplings

hello

deperately hoping someone will be able to help me on my quest.

Yes, I am afraid i am another is seeking her grandmother's recipe. My grandmother passed away a few years ago now and since i have been searching for a recipe (or even the proper name) of her steamed dumplings. We used to call them kluski but as i have since found out, kluski is generic term.

I figure the best way to explain them is to describe them. Basically they were like bread rolls, she would let them rise and then after a time place them on cheesecloth held over a pot of boilling water. They were quite soft and had no filling. We would eat them with any sort of meats and gravy.

Is it ringing any bells? Evena name would help me out tremendously.

There is another recipe I'm after but I think i'm on to this one. Kopytka? i think she used to make these as well but also without any filling. Does that sound right? Is there a recipe someone could recommend?

Many thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.

jeane

Hi Jeane,

What you're describing sounds like spaetzle to me. I've had this recipe for it but I didn't think it was polish. I also never let the dough rise, doesn't have yeast in it so this probably isn't what you're looking for but I'll give you the recipe anyway. 2 large eggs (beaten), 1 cup flour, dash pepper, 1/4 cup milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt. mix, batter will be thick. fill dutch oven with water and boil. press batter through a strainer, stir. cook 5 minutes.

diane

To make kopytka you need to peel and boil about 6 potatoes.Then you mash them and wait till they cool off. Then mix in 1/2 cup flour, 2 eggs and a pinch of salt. Mash everything together and roll it out so it looks like a snake. If it's too lose, then add some more flour, if too stiff, you can add some milk to losen it up. Then cut little rectangles in shape of kopytkas (little hoofs). Boil some salted water and drop them things in it. let them come up to the top and boil about 2 minutes, fish them out and place in a dish.
You can use any sauce you like, most popular are tiny little fried bacon bits or mushroom sauce.
Smacznego!!
(If they turn out )

Thank you both with such speedy replies!

Krysia - I'll definitely give that recipe a go. I think that's definitely it. From vague memories, my grandmother also put potato starch in it which i guess could be used along with a reduced amount of flour. Thank you. (hurrah! I got one!)

Giacinti - no, that's not the one. but that recipe sounds great! How do you eat that or rather what do you eat it with?

Unfortunately (for me), my grandmother and i weren't on speaking terms when she passed. If I'd have known I'd spend years looking (albeit, not very hard) for these recipes, i would have picked her brain much earlier!

Thanks again for your assistance.

you are right jeane. Potato flour is the best to use, but you cannot always get it so that's why I said regular flour. You can see what tastes better.
There are also "kluski śląskie" which are similair to "kopytka" but you use raw potatos instead.

The dish that you are looking for is called "kluchy na łachu". It's a typical dish from Wielkopolska region, and by their inhabitants it is very often called just "pyzy", which in other parts of Poland can mean something totally different.

We call it kluski na parze, parzaki it is not the same like kopytka.

Argh! That's it!! Thank you so very much!!! You cannot imagine how happy this has made me. I'm very grateful indeed!

Thank you all for your help. It's very kind of you.

I think you are talking about : steamed pyzy, my grandmather made it too.