Potato-balls/kartoffelkloesse (pronounced Kleasa)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs potatoes, raw,peeled
• 1 lb potato, boiled,peeled
• 1 big roll (kaiser-broetchen, that's what the original recipe calls for but i made it before with toasted bread)
• butter

Recipe

• 1 grate the raw potatoes real fine.
• 2 add some baking soda so they don't turn brown.
• 3 set aside so the water can come out.
• 4 pour into a cotton-bag and squeeze until no more moisture comes out.
• 5 catch the liquids that come out and save in bowl.
• 6 let sit so the starch can sink to the bottom.
• 7 then put the raw potatoes back in another bowl.
• 8 mash the boiled potatoes and add to the raw potatoes.
• 9 now very careful and slowly pour the water out of the bowl and save the starch because you need to add it to the potatoe-mixture.
• 10 add a little bit of salt and knead well.
• 11 cut the bread in small dices and toast in some butter to a golden brown.
• 12 form fist sized balls (form the balls with cold moist hands).
• 13 poke a hole in the middle and put some bread dices in the hole, close back up.
• 14 in a big pot with almost boiling water let them.
• 15 simmer for about 20 minutes don't boil other than that you'll have potato soup.