Kartacze - Polish Potato Dumplings

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1. 1Step 1: Peel the potatoes.
2. 2Step 2: Cook 1 kg potatoes in salted water. Mash them while they are still hot. Cool.
3. 3Step 3: Grind the rest of the potatoes and one onion in food processor, use grater with smallest wholes. Place ground potatoes on the cloth and squeeze out all the moist. Put potato juices aside for few minutes. Then spill liquid. At the bottom there should be potato starch left. Depending on potato sort there will be more or less starch. You will use it later on.
4. 4Step 4: Prepare for cooking: place a large pot with water on fire. Add salt.
5. 5Step 5: Combine both potatoes in a bowl, add potato starch. If there is less than 3 tbs of natural starch, you can add extra potato starch. Mix all well. You can use your hands.
6. 6Step 6: Place ground meat in a bowl. Season with salt, pepper, marjoram and red paprika. Be generous.
7. 7Step 7: Take a large piece of potato dough, flatten on your hand. Place a tablespoon of meat in the middle and seal the edges to close the dumpling. Form an oval dumpling.
8. 8Step 8: Place Kartacze in boiling water one after another, do it slowly, so that the water did not stop boiling. Then reduce the fire to minimum.
9. 9Step 9: Cook for 20-25 minutes.
10. 10Step 10: Serve with sauteed onion.