German

Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings)

Name: Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2.5 lb russet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks; 1/2 cup potato starch; 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg; 1.5 tsp salt; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp fresh chives, chopped

Birgit @birgit1978

Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

40 min Medium High fiber Vegetarian Pescatarian Halal Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2.5 lb russet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1.5 tsp salt
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp fresh chives, chopped

How to cook it

Boil the potatoes in salted water until very tender, about 20 minutes, then drain well and let them steam-dry for a few minutes.
Rice or mash the potatoes until completely smooth, then let the mash cool until just warm.
Work in the potato starch, nutmeg, and salt until the mixture forms a soft, cohesive dough.
Shape the dough into 8 to 10 round dumplings with damp hands.
Lower the dumplings into a large pot of gently simmering, not boiling, salted water and cook for 15 to 18 minutes, until they float and firm up.
Lift the dumplings out with a slotted spoon, drizzle with the melted butter, and scatter the chives over the top before serving alongside a roast or stew.

Watch how to cook Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
  
  10 min
The cooked vegetable
- Blumenkohl mit Butterbroeseln (Cauliflower with Browned Butter Crumbs)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Kartoffelsalat Norddeutsche Art (Cold North German Potato Salad)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 340 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 65 g
Fat: 6 g
Fiber: 6 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 880 mg
Saturated fat: 4 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Kartoffelknoedel (Potato Dumplings) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.