🇧🇦 Bosnian Cuisine

Klepe

Bosnian Dumplings

Prep Time 1 hour
Servings 4
Difficulty Hard
Calories 436 kcal

Delicate crescent-shaped dumplings filled with spiced ground beef, boiled and served drenched in garlic yogurt and paprika butter.

Ingredients

  • 300g flour
  • 1 egg
  • 150ml water
  • Pinch of salt
  • 300g ground beef
  • 1 onion, finely diced
  • Salt and pepper
  • 200ml yogurt
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 50g butter
  • 1 tsp paprika

Instructions

  1. 1 Make dough: mix flour, egg, water, salt. Knead until smooth. Rest 30 min.
  2. 2 Mix beef, onion, salt, pepper for filling.
  3. 3 Roll dough thin, cut 8cm circles. Place 1 tsp filling on each, fold into crescents, seal edges.
  4. 4 Boil dumplings in salted water 8-10 min until they float.
  5. 5 Mix yogurt with minced garlic and salt.
  6. 6 Melt butter with paprika. Serve dumplings topped with garlic yogurt and paprika butter.

Did You Know?

Klepe are Bosnia's answer to Turkish manti, but Bosnian cooks make them larger and more generously stuffed.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/bosnian/klepe/