Recipe: Kartoffelloibla (Swabian Croquettes)
For 4 Persons
Category: Vegetables, German
500 g Potatoes (a generous lb)
1 Egg
2 tb To 3 tb cream
A little flour
1 ds Sugar
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
125 g Lard or butter (1/2 cup plus
-1 Tbsp)
Finely grate the freshly boiled, peeled potatoes while still hot. Add the
cream, egg, and flour and knead into a dough. Let the dough rest for 1/2
hour. On a floured surface, roll out the dough to about a finger's width.
With a glass, cut out small circles. Cook in melted fat until golden brown
on both sides.
Serve as main course along with stewed fruit, or as side dish with roast
pork.
In Hungary, this Swabian dish is known as 'Burgonyalangos'.
Serves 4.
From: D'SCHWAEBISCH' KUCHE' by Aegidius Kolb and Leonhard Lidel, Allgaeuer
Zeitungsverlag, Kempten. 1976. (Translation/Conversion: Karin Brewer)
Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 8/92
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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