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MEMBER RECIPE

Poutine's Recipe

By lpkiddylu
Difficulty: Medium |

French Potato Dumplings

INGREDIENTS
  • 10 lbs. grated potatoes - drained
  • 2 1/2 lbs. cooked potatos - mashed (can be prepared in advance)
  • 2-5 lbs. hamburger or ground pork (form into small meatballs in advance)
  • salt pork cut into 1/2" pieces (if using hamburger - press into prepared meatballs)
  • culinary cheese cloth pre-cut into 5" x 5" squares (or larger)
  • cheese grater
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. grate potatos and mix mashed potatos with grated – add salt to taste
  2. using prepared meatballs, form into larger snowball like balls by covering prepared meatballs with potato mix – cover about 1" thick around ball
  3. place into center of cut cheese cloth and tie corners together diagonally
  4. drop into boiling water and simmer 3-4 hours until center meatball is cooked through

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  • Have never heard of this or seen it on a menu. Guess it didn't t namely to the midwest.

  • I was excited at first...you don't see individual recipes for poutine...but then I exclaimed "hey! wait! that's not poutine!"..Thank you pmartin for clarifying that it's different and probably a prequel to what I know and love as poutine....that said, I can't wait to try and make it.
    THANKS!!!

  • I would guess that 1 hour would cook the meatball through -- so the extra 2 to 3 hours are to make sure every last speck of flavor or nutrition is leeched out into the water?

  • This is what we call Poutine Râpé. A Poutine is French Fries, cheese, topped with gravy...some add chicken for a Chicken Poutine...very popular in Canada. To add to taste of the Poutine Râpé, many eat it with sugar, mustard or ketchup. I like good old salt.

  • I had something like this in New Orleans. Meat ball inside potato coating, the whole ball was about 2 inches across and it was deep-fried. LOTS of seasoning in the meat, just salt and white pepper in the potato coating. Yum and double yum!

  • Sounds like a lot of work.

    What size are the meatballs?

    Why is the meat not seasoned at all ? I think herbs and spices would add to the taste - S&P, garlic, thyme, etc.