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oh my dumplings!

I have just recently visited the lovely city of Prague and with only a few days to spend there what better way to get a taste of Czech culture than to eat. During my travels I make it my top agenda to research traditional must-try dishes and bravely take a spoonful if not a plateful of the stuff. In Prague I tried the pork knee and fruit dumplings.
 
I am kind of missing Prague at the moment so I decided to reasearch for a recipe for Ovocne Knedliky, good thing the ingredients are not so complicated and the steps simple enough that I was able to recreate (somewhat) those fluffy fruit dumplings!

Ovocne Knedliky (Fruit Dumplings)
ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
- fuit of your choice, traditional Czech's use plums but I only have canned peaches so that's what I used
- cinammon sugar
- melted butter
- dollops of whipped cream

how to:
- mix flour and salt in a bowl
- make a well in the center
- mix the milk, butter and egg in a  small bowl
- add to flour and mix until it forms a soft dough
- roll into flat disks and wrap your fruit with it
- cook dumplings in boiling water for 8-10 minutes
- serve topped with cinammon sugar and melted butter with whipped cream on the side



the one I've tried in Prague was topped with poppy seeds but I could not find any here but cinnamon sugar works well too! I also read that it is normally eaten for breakfast but with the sweetness of cinnamon sugar and fruit its good enough a dessert for me!
 
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