Kopytka (Poland)

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The dish is a part of Belarusian, Lithuanian and Polish cuisine. Although it reminds Italian gnocchi, Kopytka, also called ‘Little Hooves’ are served in a different way – with onion, bacon or… sugar. Of course one can add variety of ways of eating those potato dumplings that remind with their shape little hooves. This is actually what the name ‘KOPYTKA’ derives from as it is a Polish word for hooves.



INGREDIENTS:

Potatoes (about 5 medium sized)
Flour (about a cup and a half but probably more)
1 egg

For topping

Breadcrumbs (1/2 cup)
Butter (3 tbsp)

Directions

1. Peel and boil potatoes until cooked and tender.
2. Mash thoroughly and leave to go cold.
3. Add egg and add some flour, start to mix it all and add more and more flour until all the dough is not sticky to touch.
4. Flour a large board and roll out the dough into a snake shape about an inch high and thick.

5. Cut into diamond shapes that resemble hooves (otherwise it's not truly kopytka).
6. Boil a large pot of salted water with a little oil

7. Add kopytka (do not overcrowd pot).

8. After they start to float, give them extra few minutes then remove to strain
9. Add topping of your choice


Topping : Fry breadcrumbs in melted butter until golden. It should be moist yet crumbly.