Medium
Christmas Noche Buena
Kroppkakor - Swedish Christmas Potato Dumplings
Sweden's traditional Christmas dumplings - potato dumplings filled with pork. This regional Swedish dish represents northern heritage and winter comfort food traditions.
140
Total Minutes
8
Servings
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
90 min
Prep Time
50 min
Cook Time
140 min
Total Time
Ingredients (9 items)
4.00 lbs
Potatoes
starchy
1.50 cups
All-purpose flour
2.00
Egg yolks
0.50 lb
Salt pork
finely diced
1.00 large
Onion
finely diced
1.00 tsp
Allspice
ground
0.50 cup
Butter
1.00 cup
Lingonberry jam
for serving
2.00 tsp
Salt and pepper
each
Instructions (8 steps)
1
Boil potatoes until very tender. Peel while hot, rice immediately.
30 minutes
2
Cool potatoes. Mix with flour, egg yolks, salt until dough forms.
30 minutes
3
Make filling: fry salt pork until crispy. Add onion, cook until soft.
10 minutes
4
Season filling with allspice, pepper. Cool.
5
Form potato dough into balls. Make indentation, add filling, seal.
6
Boil in salted water 8-10 minutes until they float.
10 minutes
7
Serve with melted butter and lingonberry jam.
8
Swedish Christmas tradition. Northern Sweden specialty.