Szilvas Gomboc

Description
Plum dumplings

Ingredients

 * 2½ dozen free stone Italian plums, washed, split, pit removed
 * 4 or 5 medium-sized potatoes
 * 1 egg beaten
 * 4 cups of flour (unsifted)
 * 1 tsp salt
 * buttered bread crumbs
 * sugar
 * cinnamon

Directions

 * 1) Peel potatoes and cook in salted water till soft.
 * 2) Drain and peel.
 * 3) Mash potatoes and add warm to sifted flour and salt on a kneading surface.
 * 4) Make a well and add egg and knead gently till all is blended.
 * 5) On a clean floured surface, roll dough out to ½ inch thick.
 * 6) Cut dough into 4 inch squares and put a plum into center of each square.
 * 7) Place ½ tsp sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon in the hole of the plum.
 * 8) Fold corners to the middle and roll the dumpling in your hands till round.
 * 9) Cook a few dumplings at a time in salted water for about 10 minutes.
 * 10) Remove with a slotted spoon.
 * 11) Place in a pan in which bread crumbs have been toasted in butter (one cup crumbs to ¼ cup butter) and mixed with ½ cup of sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon.
 * 12) Keep warm.
 * 13) When all the dumplings have been cooked and are in the pan, gently spoon the bread crumbs, butter, sugar and cinnamon mix over all.