Dumplings may be made with suet by substituting finely chopped suet for whatever fat is called for in the recipe.
Suet is simply pieces of fat from animals (beef suet). Ribeye fat is real good. Firm fat layers is best for chopping to make Christmas puddings etc.. Kidney fat was used also. Now as for bird food known also as suet, you can render fat in boiling water. Solidify fat in freezer but do not freeze or buy lard from the store. Put fat in a mixing bowl add peanut butter, seeds, nuts, berries or whatever the animals you're feeding likes. Line a loaf pan with wax paper spoon in mixture. Chill, remove from pan cut with a knife sat in hot water.
Suet is the hard white fat found around the kidneys and groin area of beef cattle.
Suet crust pastry is an old style pastry rather than using just vegetable oils and things, this actually uses hard processed animal fat, if you like old pies from the 60s and early 70s in rural areas, you need suet to get that taste. Works great for meat pot pies, and the crust tastes good enough you'll have everyone wondering what you are doing differently.
The Italian dumplings are called gnocchi.I think what the questioner is asking for is dumplings made with semolina, butter, eggs, water, and poached in stock. They are called frascatelli.
To make soup dumplings, mix ground pork with seasonings and wrap in dough. Fill with a gelatinized soup broth. Steam dumplings until cooked. Serve hot and enjoy the flavorful soup inside.
There are many websites for making potato dumplings, it just depends on what style of dumpling you would want to make it. germanfood.about.com will give you a recipe on how to make German styled potato dumplings. There's also slovakcooking.com and dailymotion.com for more options on how to make different potato dumplings every time.
Dumplings can be made large or small but many people prefer them to be bitesize.
The traditional ingredients used to make German dumplings are potatoes, flour, eggs, and sometimes bread crumbs or semolina.
Suet is raw beef or mutton fat. especially the hard fat in loins and around kidneys. Suet is used to make tallow because it's excellent texture for that. It's also used in traditional puddings.
The dumplings are made from fetuses.
To make potato dumplings, boil and mash potatoes, mix with flour and egg, form into balls, and boil until they float. Serve with sauce or toppings of your choice.
To make delicious mashed potato dumplings at home, boil potatoes until soft, mash them with butter and milk, season with salt and pepper, form into dumplings, and boil until cooked through. Serve with gravy or butter.