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Liver Dumplings

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 pcs calf's liver
• 1 egg-sized bacon
• 4 pcs eggs
• 0.5 cup water
• salt (a little)
• nutmeg (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• 100 g white bread
• onion (as desired)
• flour (as needed)

Instructions

1. Pass a medium-sized, skinned and chopped calf's liver through a sieve.
2. Add a piece of finely chopped bacon the size of an egg, 4 whole eggs, 1/2 cup of water, a little salt, a little nutmeg, and a little pepper, as well as 100 g of diced white bread roasted in butter.
3. Optionally, add finely chopped onions and enough flour to bind the dumplings together.
4. Form fist-sized dumplings, boil vigorously for 10 minutes, and arrange on a hot platter.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.