Palt

Palt is a traditional Swedish dish. They are large dumplings made of potatoes and flour with some pork in the middle. My mom made these occasionally when I was a kid and I always loved them. It's hearty comfort food.

5 large potatoes, cubed
wheat flour
barley flour
1-2lb ground pork
1tsp allspice
1 tsp freshly ground white pepper
2 tsp salt

Put a large pot of salted water on to boil.

Grind the raw potatoes through your meat grinder with the fine plate.

Add a tsp of salt, 1/2 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup barley flour and mix. Add a little more of each (with a bit more wheat than barley) at a time and mix until you get a paste thick enough to form into patties.

Mix the other tsp of salt and the spices into the ground pork.

Form a handful of dough into patties and then make a ball of pork roughly the size of a golf ball with the other hand and put it in the middle:

Then close them up and put them on a floured surface like this:

Reduce the temperature under the water to low. When it's just barely simmering put them into the water using a slotted spoon or other large utensil, first dip it into the boiling water, gently scoop up a palt with the help of an extra hand if needed, then gently lower it into the boiling water to the bottom and gently shake it off. Don't worry if the first ones stick, once you have a layer of potato mix on the spoon the rest don't stick to that. Repeat till they're all sitting in the bottom of the pot. Cover and let them barely simmer for 30-45 minutes, or till they're floating:

Remove them from the water, cut them in half and serve with butter and lingonberry jam. I didn't have any jam so I just ate them with butter.