Halušky with Cream Cheese and Bacon

Briefly rinse the potatoes under cold water and then peel.

Shred the potatoes into a large mixing bowl. Use the fine-sized holes for shredding.

2 large eggs
½ TSP of salt

Thoroughly stir together with a spatula until nicely combined.

Important:
Make sure that the batter is well-processed).

2 ½ cups of flour

Thoroughly stir together with a spatula until nicely combined.

Tip:|
If the batter is too thick to be comfortable to stir, consider stirring in a little bit of water.

Let it rest on the counter for about 15 minutes.

Put water to preheat in a large pot with a lid (fill to ½ capacity) for cooking halušky in later steps.

8 OZ of cream cheese
1 cup of sour cream
½ TSP of salt
½ TSP of ground pepper

Process on high speed until combined and smooth (usually about 1 – 3 minutes).

Leave it in a mixing bowl for later steps.

1 LB of bacon – chopped into small pieces

Sauté with constant stirring until it is cooked as you like.

Leave it in the pan and put aside for a later step.

Important:

• The batter should have the consistency of the thick porridge. If it is too thick, consider stirring in some water; if it is too runny, consider stirring in some extra flour.
• It is important to process halušky through a halušky press (or strainer) fast. To make the whole process comfortable, cook halušky in batches.
• To make sure that your batter is correct (not falling apart while cooking), start cooking a very small amount first to be able to adjust the remaining batter if needed.

Place the halušky press on the top of the pot with boiling water (or place the colander with ¼” holes on the top of the pot).

Process halušky in the boiling water:

Tip:
If you have a hard time processing batter in the water (the batter is too thick), consider stirring in a little bit of water.

Tip:
If the halušky falls apart during cooking, add more batter into the remaining mixture.

Using a fine strainer, collect the halušky from the boiling water and place into the colander in the mixing bowl to let the water drip off.

When an entire batch is in the colander, place it immediately (while still hot) into a large mixing bowl with cream cheese and stir.

Cook all the remaining batter into the halušky and always place in the mixing bowl with cream cheese and stir.

Tip:

Feel free to also stir in part of the bacon fat (or even the entire bacon fat) based on your flavor preferences. This will make the entire meal more earthy and filling.

Thoroughly stir it all together.

Taste and add salt and pepper if needed.

Place halušky on the plate and decorate with the remaining sautéed bacon and optionally with finely chopped chives or parsley.