Bread Dumplings With Bacon - cooking recipe

Ingredients

9 oz. stale French, Italian or German bread
2/3 pt. boiling milk
2 oz. diced bacon
1 chopped onion
3 1/2 oz. cornstarch
2 eggs
1 to 2 tsp. chopped parsley
2 level tsp. baking powder
salt to taste

Preparation

Cut bread into very fine slices; pour boiling milk over them. Soak 1 hour.
Fry bacon and onion together; leave to cool.
Stir into the bread and milk; add cornstarch.
Knead mixture until it forms a smooth, compact ball.
Cool, then stir in eggs one at a time.
Add parsley; stir in baking powder and season with salt.