Czech style Pork and Kraut with Potato Dumpling

[Delmonico]

Amounts are not critical so we'll go basic and you make it to yer cook pot.

Take some pork, roast, steak, chops or such is fine. The roast will just take a bit longer to cook.

Sear the pork in a heavy skillet or DU, add a bit of lard if the meat is real lean. When it is well seared remove and brown 1 or more onions in the drippings. Replace the meat and add about an inch of water to the pan. Simmer for aprox. 1 hour for steaks and chops, 2 for roast.

Add some caraway seed tand black pepper to taste and enogh kraut to cover the meat, simmer 1 more hour or so till meat is tender.

Mix 1 teaspoon brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon flour for each 12 oz or so of kraut, mix in enogh water to make a thin paste and stir it into the kraut. Return to simmer.

Now while doing this with the meat, boil several peeled potatoes. Let cool and mash or rice. (A potatoe ricer looks like a large garlic press.) Riceing is best. Mix 1/2 and halve mashed potatoes and flour , before mixing add 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder to the flour or use self-rising flour. Mix 1 beaten egg in for every 2 cups of mix. If needed add abit of water and roll out by hand, dumplings 1/2-3/4 around and 3-4 inches long.

Remove the pot from the fire and add the dumplings to the top. Bring to a boil and cover for 15-20 minutes.

[amazongold]

I do this, but without the brown sugar in the sauerkraut. I also sauté onion in butter, add flour to make a roux and cook that for a minute or two, add the kraut juice and mix in well, then the kraut and caraway seed, and simmer. If it's too 'tight,' I add a bit of water to loosen it up.

[mishell73]

This sounds SO yummy! I might leave out the caraway myself - not a big fan of it. But nonetheless it looks like a nice hearty meal