Kroppkaka - 🇸🇪 Potato Dumpling (Svensk Husmanskost)

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Chicken is leaner while ground beef is often more affordable.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil offers healthier fats and margarine is usually cheaper.

Peel and cut potatoes into smaller pieces.

Boil potatoes in salted water until soft.

Mash the boiled potatoes until slightly rustic.

Mix in 2 beaten eggs, a pinch of salt, and about 3.5 deciliters of flour until a dough forms.

Chop 2 onions finely and sauté with 250 grams of pork belly in a hot pan until cooked.

Season the pork and onion mixture with five spice and soy sauce.

Wet hands and take a piece of dough, forming it into a ball and creating a well in the center.

Fill the well with the pork mixture and seal the dumpling.

Boil the dumplings in salted water until they float, about 5 minutes.

Remove dumplings and fry in butter until browned.

Serve with caramelized butter and lingonberries, garnished with chopped chives.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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