Kartoffelklosse

Ingredients

28 gr margarine
1 slice bread in
72 equal
400 ml boiling
1 egg
3 gr salt
1 gr nutmeg
1 gr pepper
3,800 ml water

Instructions

In small skillet heat margarine until bubbly and hot; add bread and saute, stirring constantly, until bread has absorbed the margarine and is browned. Set aside. Measure out and reserve 2 tablespoons flour. in mixing bowl combine remaining flour with potatoes, egg, and seasonings, mixing well; portion dough into 24 equal mounds. Flour hands with reserved flour and shape mounds into balls; press 3 bread cubes into each ball and seal closed, forming dumplings. In 5 litre saucepan or Dutch oven bring water to a boil; use slotted spoon to gently lower several dumplings into water (they will sink to the bottom); when dumplings rise to surface, cook for 3 to 5 minutes longer. With slotted spoon, remove dumplings to warmed serving platter. Repeat procedure with remaining dumplings. These dumplings are good as an accompaniment to Sauerbarten. Makes dozen servings of 2 dumplings each. [WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK]