Anyone made Czech Bread dumplings?

[meltedmarsbars]

Mine went soggy round the outside and very dense in the middle. how do I get them lighter and Drier?

I realise this is a long shot...

OMG Yes I have! I also had very dense dumplings (oo er) and was told that I may have boiled them too rapidly or for too long and to try a gentler heat.

When we went to Prague DS got his traintracks ripped out by eating some bread dumpling - seemed soggy and dense all the way through to me - are you sure its not supposed to be...??!!!

Actually here is the actual advice I was offered:

"It's probably more a case of not enough baking powder OR the water was boiling too much...these cook better at a simmer than a rolling boil."

Champers, are you sure those weren't potato dumplings, which are very dense and moist all the way through?

thanks for the boiling tips , stubbyfingers.

Well melted they may well have been - it was a very traditional "restaurant" and the translation on the menu was a bit dodgy so goodness knows what we were eating...!!! LOL

any of you with a recipe? Had bread dumplings in Prague with dh, many moons ago on our very first weekend away together! They were the type cooked in one long sausage and have been told are cut using a piece of thread. Wanted to try cooking them ever since...

this is the recipe I tried and dental floss is perfect for slicing them.

Stubby, according to your recipe, the reason mine were not so good was that I didn't slice them quick enough.

Will have another go, when the weather is cooler ( can't do stew'n'dumplings in a heatwave).

My dental floss is minty. Not good with dumplings. Might just use thread as before.

The dumplings are wonderful when cooked by my dh's 103 y-old granny in Prague. However she doesn't speak English and my Czech isn't up to recipe minutiae translation.