Apricot dumplings

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes


Ingredients
1 ½ lbs. peeled and boiled potatoes
3 Tbsps. flour
1-1/2 Tbsps. heavy cream
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
12 apricots
12 sugar cubes
3 Tbsps. butter
1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs
2 Tbsps. sugar

Instructions
Force the potatoes through a ricer. Beat the flour, cream, butter, egg, and salt into the potatoes to create a smooth dough. Carefully remove the pit from the apricots by cutting a slit 2/3 around the circumference of the stone and then sliding it out from the fruit. Replace each stone with a sugar cube. Roll out the dough until it is ¼ inch thick. Wrap each apricot in dough to form a ball. Drop the dumplings into boiling salted water (4 at a time) and boil briskly for 10 minutes. Remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon into a warm dish. Melt the butter in a skillet and add the breadcrumbs, cooking until golden brown. Add the sugar to the breadcrumbs and sprinkle over the dumplings.

For variety you can also substitute apricots for plums or strawberries.