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Potato dumplings for milk soup

Cooked, mashed potatoes are worked with egg, sugar, cinnamon and flour into a firm dough, rolled into finger-thick sausages and cut straight into boiling milk, where they simmer 5-10 minutes. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 89.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 89 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Potato dumplings for milk soup (bollemelk) are among the simple accompaniments to milk soup in the 1949 edition.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Make the dough

    Mash the potatoes once. Work them together with the egg, sugar, cinnamon and flour into a dough firm enough to roll into long, finger-thick sausages.

  2. 2

    Cut the dumplings

    Cut the «sausage» into pieces two fingers wide, straight from the board into the boiling milk.

  3. 3

    Simmer

    Let the dumplings simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Add salt to taste.

Changes from the original

Quantities are unchanged, ½ kg is written as 500 g. The old word for the board is given as cutting board.

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1949 (proofread, p. 89) → Modernised~76% of the text changedremovedadded
1/2 kg. 500 g kokte poteter (malt én gang). 1 egg stk egg. 1 spiskeskje sukker ss sukker. 1 knivsodd klype kanel (en knivsodd). hvetemel eller grynmel. Potetene males 1 gang, og alt arbeides grynmel (så mye at deigen kan trilles). melk (kokende, til å koke bollene i). salt (etter smak). Mal potetene én gang. Arbeid dem sammen med egg, sukker, kanel og mel til en så fast deig, deig at den kan trilles ut i lange pølser — pølser, godt fingertykke. «Pølsen» kuttes av 2 fingerbredder fingertykke.. Kutt «pølsen» i biter på to fingerbredder, direkte fra fjelen skjærebrettet ned i den kokende melk. Småtrekker 5—10 melken.. La bollene småtrekke i 5 til 10 minutter. Saltes efter Salt etter smak.

Note on Modernised

Mengdene er uendret, ½ kg er skrevet som 500 g. «Fjelen» er skrevet som skjærebrett.

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Frequently asked questions

How long do the dumplings cook?
They simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the boiling milk.
How big should the pieces be?
According to Erken they are cut off the «sausage» two fingers wide.

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