Making Klößchen is hard work, but I was a bit blind to that fact until I started making them on my own. That’s when I started to understand why my Oma was sighing rather heavily whenever we begged her to make them.As with so many of her meals, the ingredients aren’t too complicated, but it’s all about how those ingredients come to life. It’s the method. It’s the work that you can taste in every bite.Oma’s bite-sized, finely shredded potato dumplings are cooked with eggs in a skillet and topped with caramelized onions and crisped bacon. Klößchen was my Oma’s signature meal. And it feels like a hug from her whenever I make them for my family.Invite some family or friends to help you, just like my sister and I used to help my Oma make them. The help makes it half the work and double the fun.Also try my classic German potato dumplings, Semmelknödel (bread dumplings), which make great side dishes to a German beef roast.Find this and more traditional German recipes in my cookbook 'German Home Kitchen'!
