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Tips For Freezing Dumplings

While I feel free to share or occasionally push my Czech recipes on to the blogosphere audience, one thing remains constant with most of these dishes. They are almost always served with Knedliky (dumplings). The occasional exception may be the boiled potato or potato pancakes (bramboraky). I love, love, love homemade knedliky. Nothing against the fine folks at Chateau, but a kettle full of fresh yeast raised dumplings is the way to go. That being said, it is probably wise to make enormous batches to make the time spent in the kitchen worthwhile. Consider triple or quadrupling the recipe and plan on freezing some for the next few months. Dumplings are definitely conducive to freezing provided the method is done correctly. I also recommend a freeze period no greater than sixty to seventy days. I honestly have not gone beyond this timeframe so not exactly sure the max here! Once the dumplings are done cooking and sliced, they can be prepared for freezing by one of two methods. One me