I live in Germany and the proper spelling of these would be Kartoffel Klöss, I would omit the nutmeg and add bacon bits instead.
If you leave the potato dough in the fridge overnight after mashing it makes it much easier to work with
My very German family has been making a ariation of this recipe for years. We add the onion to the potatoes do not use nutmeg and only butter browned bread crumbs on top. This variation was good although we prefer the recipe my grandmother brought from generations in Germany.
I found these easy to make and faster than I expected. My first batch didn't hold together well but I found adding another egg white fixed it. These were a very big hit especially with my son's darling girlfriend.
I grew up on a variation of this. Boil potatoes cool peel salt pepper nutmeg. Cut potatoes and cube onions. Put through grinder on rough setting adding onion pieces. Add seasoning as you grind. When done mix with eggs and flour. THEN make snowball size balls. Boil a little longer after they rise. One layer per bowl. Best with sauer braten but also good with rouladen though I cheat and add vinegar to my part of the gravy. About two large yellow onions worth of onions. No bread or crumbs. Just grind pieces as you grind the potatoes turning bowl as it comes out of the grinder to dispurse evenly.
They tasted great! I let the potatoes cool off completely before I mixed up the batch. I omitted the nutmeg and added some onions instead. The flavor was great when I poured on my pork/wine gravy.
My Oma always made these we called them Oma Balls she used bacon and I was happy to find the recipe and add the bacon.....Soooo good!
I was given a recipe for Kartoffel Kloss by my mother-in-law who received it from her mother-in-law. I have lost the receipe so I have used this one with some variations. Works great with the Sauerbrauten! Still looking for my original German receipe!
These took much longer than I had anticipated in making. (Shamefully I was used to the boxed version and did not expect such a messy dough!) I had to add an incredible amount of flour to be able to work with it at all. I used Sauerbraten gravy over them not the recommended gravy. My husband liked them very much.
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