Nice Paste for Dumplings
Ingredients
Directions
In a bowl, combine 1 pound of flour with a little salt.
Gradually add boiling water until a stiff dough forms.
Flour a clean surface and turn out the dough.
Knead the dough lightly.
Take a piece of dough, roll it thin, and use it to cover the fruit.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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