Prune Dumplings
Old Bohemian Recipe by
Grandma Anna Svejkovsky
1 egg 1/2 cup water 2 teaspoon baking powder 2 cups flour Pinch of salt Italian Prune Plums (fresh ones available in fall only) Additional melted butter and sugar
Beat egg and add salt and then water and beat again. Add flour and baking powder sifted together. Knead and cut into dumplings. Cover prune plums with the dumplings. Cook in boiling, salty water about 10 minutes. Test with toothpick (should come out clean). Serve with melted butter and sugar.
Note: This is the entire meal. Grandma Svejkovsky (Don's great-grandmother and quite a cook) Recipe written down in the 1920's or 1930's, but the recipe is actually from the late 1800's or earlier brought over by Czech immigrants.