Czech Potato Dumplings with Mushrooms and Bacon
Bramborové halušky with mushrooms and bacon are a hearty dish that combines tender potato dough with fragrant mushrooms. You can shape the halušky with a knife, a spoon or a special halušky maker. After cooking, toss them with a little fat so they do not stick together and serve with the stewed mushrooms and fried bacon and onion.
Prep: 25 min
Cook: 25 min
Servings: 4
Energy: 556 kcal per serving
Method
01.
Prepare the mushrooms, onion and bacon: clean the fresh mushrooms and cut them into pieces, peel the onion and chop it finely, and cut the bacon into small cubes.
02.
Stew the chopped mushrooms with salt, pepper and caraway in melted lard. Cook until the mushrooms soften and the juices evaporate.
03.
Fry the chopped onion in lard until translucent, then add the bacon and fry together.
04.
Peel the raw potatoes and grate them finely. Drain off the excess water from the potatoes and gradually stir in the flour. The dough should be fairly firm. Season with salt to taste.
05.
Push the dough through a special halušky sieve into salted boiling water and cook until the halušky float to the surface. Then drain them, mix with the mushrooms and the bacon with onion, briefly reheat and serve.
