KAPUSTNÍKY

For dough you will need: 1 Lb. pre sifted flour, 1/2 spoon of salt, 1 oz of dry yeast, 10 oz of lukewarm water.

For filling you will need: 1 Lb. of sauerkraut, two large cooked potatoes, 1/4 Lb. of bacon, 1/4 Lb. of some European sausage, 1 onion, salt, ground black pepper, marjoram, oil or lard for frying.

Work the flour and salt in the large bowl adding the yeast beaten in warm water making a tough dough. Put the bowl in warm spot and let it rise. Peal the cooked potatoes and mash them in large bowl. Add sauerkraut and cut up into small squares and fried bacon, onion and the sausage. Mix all ingredients.

Roll the dough on rolling plate covered with flour into about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut up the dough into about two to two and half inch squares. Put a tablespoon of the sauerkraut mixture onto each square and make a round shape buns.

Fry the buns in lard or oil until brown.

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Published in the Slovak Heritage Live newsletter Volume 7, No. 2, Summer 1999
Copyright © Vladimir Linder 1999 
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