Yeast Dumplings from a Bread Machine
Yeast dumplings are a staple of traditional Czech cooking and taste best with sauces or steamed cabbage. To be fluffy and tender, they need well-prepared dough and a little patience while it proves. Here is how to make them in a bread machine and shape them properly.
Prep: 30 min
Cook: 25 min
Servings: 2
Energy: 124 kcal per serving
Method
01.
Preparing the liquid ingredients: Pour the milk into the bread machine. If you are using an egg, whisk it into the milk. If you are not using an egg, stir a tablespoon of olive oil into the milk.
02.
Adding the dry ingredients: Cover the milk with the flour, add the salt and sugar and finally sprinkle the yeast on top.
03.
Proving the dough: Set the bread machine to the Dough programme, switch it on and let it knead and prove the dough.
04.
Shaping the dumplings: Once the dough has proved, turn it out and divide it into two pieces. Shape two rolls, cover them with a tea towel and leave to prove for another 10 minutes.
05.
Getting ready to cook: Meanwhile, pour a little water into a pot. As soon as it boils, put a steamer insert into the pot and arrange the dumplings on it.
06.
Steaming the dumplings: Steam for about 25 minutes, topping up the pot with boiling water as you go.
07.
Checking they are done: To test whether a dumpling is cooked, pierce it with a skewer. When you pull it out of the dumpling, the skewer must be clean and dry, with no dough sticking to it.
