3 cups white flour
3 cups semolina pasta
1 whole egg
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk or so
1 tsp salt
1/2 a loaf French bread, cubed
Mix the flour, semolina pasta, and baking powder
together in a large bowl. Make a well in the center
and break in the egg. Mix in some of the milk and
salt, and then start mixing in the flour. Work the
dough quite hard with a wooden spoon, adding a
little more milk if necessary, till bubbles begin to
form (about 10 minutes). Add some of the cubed
bread and keep mixing. Keep adding bread until
the dough is fairly saturated with it.
Plop the dough out onto a floured board or table.
Divide the dough up into four pieces. Shape the
pieces of dough into loaves by rolling them with
your hands.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a rapid boil.
Put in two of the dumplings and let cook for
12 minutes, then flip them over and cook for
13 minutes.
Remove the dumplings from the water and place
on a cutting board. Take a long piece of sewing
thread, slide it under one of the dumplings about
1/2 inch, then wrap it around the top of the dumpling
and pull tight: you should have an even cut and a
tender slice of dumpling. Continue cutting this way,
placing the sliced dumplings in a covered serving
bowl to keep warm.
Makes 6 servings.