Wedding Dumplings

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 16 slices bread, torn into small pieces
• 4 large eggs, starting with 4 (if too dry, add 1 more egg)
• 1/2-3/4 cup milk, starting with 1/2 cup (if too dry, add 1/4 c. more)
• 1 -2 dash salt (several large dashes)
• 1 -2 dash ground nutmeg (several large dashes)
• vegetable oil (for deep frying)

Recipe

• 1 place a sheet of wax paper onto one 15x10x1-inch baking sheet. set baking sheet aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat the eggs.
• 3 add the milk, salt, and nutmeg; stir thoroughly.
• 4 add the torn bread, and mix thoroughly with your hands.
• 5 shape bread mixture into 7-8 medium sized balls (each about 2-1/2" to 3" in size).
• 6 place the dumplings onto the baking sheet, that was lined with the wax paper.
• 7 add vegetable oil to a deep fryer, and set the deep fryer to 375 degrees.
• 8 when the deep fryer is hot enough, add the dumplings, and fry them until they're a golden brown (about 5-7 minutes) and turning them once or twice. (don't worry if the dumplings look a bit dark in color. once you cook them in boiling water, the dumplings lighten up a bit in color).
• 9 place the fried dumplings on paper toweling.
• 10 to cook the dumplings: place dumplings in a large pot of boiling water; and cook them uncovered for 20 minutes. remove and serve the dumplings with a gravy of your choice.
• 11 to freeze the dumplings: after the dumplings are deep-fried, and placed on paper towels; cool them to room temperature. place the cooled dumplings in (freezer-typed) ziploc bags, and store them in the freezer. (you can freeze the dumplings for several months).
• 12 note: thaw the frozen dumplings completely, before cooking them in boiling water.