Fruit Dumplings Recipe - Ovocné kynuté knedlíky - Czech Cookbook

[@hsm6926]

Hi my grandpa was bohemian and always made us fruit dumplings with peaches and plums. I don't recall him using yeast yet that would make a lot of sense. We would top our dumplings off with butter and cinnamon sugar. He's been gone almost 50 years and the sad thing is no one bothered to ask him how he made them. I just remember him using a big bowl and a big wooden spoon and beating the dough for what seemed like forever. I just brought peaches home from the west side of the Rocky mountains. In the next few days I think I'm going to give it a try. My mom is going to be 94 and she's been requesting dumplings for so long.

[@svetlana7904]

At the moment I am in Prague, the most beautiful city in the world no doubt... just amazing... so many tourists from around the world... tasted fruit dumplings already and also soooo many different dishes... highly recommending this beautiful city and country as well to all new trawlers:))))

[@Pagmiester]

Honestly, I love watching and waiting for new videos because you have brought back so many recipes that I thought were lost forever. My father married an Irish woman, who hated to cook. My aunt ,father's sister who we lived with along with my TaTa (Old World family, 3 generations under one roof) hated to cook. So I always sat watching TaTa, who basically taught me everything I know about cooking. He would talk to me about other recipes but I never had the chance to learn them from him. and you have given me the chance! Thank you so much! I will let you know how my family likes all these wonderful recipes!

[@czechcookbook]

That is very sweet! Thank you for sharing this with me. This is the heartbeat of czechcookbook to bring back recipes that people have lost or didn't have a chance to learn. Yes, please let me know how your family likes the meals. :)

[@nicoles5569]

Thank you a Million Times for this video and recipe! My husband's grandmother made raspberry dumplings for him every summer. It's a cherished memory, but she has passed away and no one had the recipe. He watched this with me, and said it's just like Grandma's! I can't wait to make these for him! God Bless You!

[@czechcookbook]

Thank you! That is wonderful! I hope the taste of them will bring some wonderful memories for your husband. :)

[@michaelprue9024]

100% going to try these for a desert. I used your bread dumpling recipe for a roast duck and sauer kraut dinner and the dumplings really turned out light and fluffy. THE BEST dumpling recipe ever ! Thank you so much !!!

[@czechcookbook]

I am happy to hear! :)

[@livinginthenorthwoods]

I will be purchasing your book! I husbands father was from Poland and his mother from Czech. He will be happy I did! Both have long passed but she was a wonderful cook!

[@jessicakraus4983]

Thank you for the recipe! I loved ovoče knedlíky when i lived in the Czech Republic but didn't think I could make them here because of the different flours. Im excited to try Wondra!

[@czechcookbook]

Wondra is amazing! :)

[@jamesswift819]

I sometimes make mine with prune plumbs and they are fantastic! Thanks for sharing this!

[@czechcookbook]

+James Swift Yum! :)

[@haylolenwood]

This is great! I have lived in Cz for 15 years with my family (I went to zakladni skola and gumnazium) and just moved back to the US for college. My brother is coming to see me this weekend and I have never made fruit dumplings and really want to know how to make them to surprise him (He LOVES fruit dumplings) so thank you!

[@czechcookbook]

That is sweet of you. I hope they will turn out amazing! :)

[@oceanik123456789]

I just love it! My grand mommy always do that form me and my cousins when weare kids , and i been trying to get this Récipe for to long . So thank you so mouch. Sorry for the grammar i am Mexican and i m learning english.

[@czechcookbook]

Thank you Michelle for your nice comment. :)

[@woofieprim]

I love your videos because I love Czech/Slovak food and I've always wanted to learn how to make them :)

[@andreiaota]

Thank you so much for the recipe. Just came back from Czech Republic, and my mother-in-law made them at home with plum and topped with cheese and icing sugar. DELICIOUS. I'm definitely gonna try your recipe.

[@czechcookbook]

The plum ones are made from potato dough. I still have to make that recipe. These are different, but very delicious as well.:) Both can be topped with tvaroh (farmer's cheese). Recently I made a video how to make this special Czech cheese for the topping. I will put the link under this video. :)

[@robertawilkinson7772]

We make something similar in Hungary but we use Italian plum instead of blueberry. We put cinnamon-sugar inside the dough with the plum. It's delicious. I have to try the blueberry version too. Thank you for sharing your recipe.

[@czechcookbook]

Sounds delicious! :)

[@magdalenahartley4329]

Hi, I am Czech and my husband is American and we love fruit dumplings, but I make potato pastry and I make on top butter, separately sugar and tvaroh and they are delicious. Magdalena.

[@czechcookbook]

I also have a recipe for potato fruit dumplings, but I only fill those with plums and top with ground poppyseed with sugar. :)

[@sherrymaxwell5086]

Watching you cook, is like being in the kitchen with my grandmother, learning as a girl to cook my heritage foods. Our family made mostly peach and plum fruit dumplings. We also topped them with the bread crumbs, melted butter and sugar but slightly different than yours. We brown the the crumbs in small amount of melted butter. That goes over the top of the dumpling after we have cut it in pieces on our plate. We sprinkle a small amount of sugar and then drizzle with melted butter...I can smell and taste them now...Thank you for your recipes and videos.

[@czechcookbook]

Awww, thank you Sherry for your wonderful comment! This makes me very happy to hear. :)

[@2358abc]

Sherry you can also topped them with grated poppy seed with sugar and melted butter, this is my favorite topping. But I think is hard to find grated poppy seed, we are lucky we have near Polish store and they sell poppy seeds.

[@sherrymaxwell5086]

That is the only bad thing about living in Kentucky now, harder to find things that my family used to make dishes. But I manage to make due best I can.

[@hanalajgot9929]

Blueberry for me a jahody pro Michala,with home made tvaroh a strouhankou a cukrem.......povedli se :-) Michal and I are both born and raised in Czech republic,I left home when was was 17 so not much Czech cooking done in my life but this works great for me. You are teaching me and its working,wish I would have found you sooner. Thank you

[@czechcookbook]

Aww, that is so sweet! It makes me so happy to hear how much of Czech cooking you are learning now. Great job! :) I am sure Michal is now very happy. ;)

[@ankaradeamor]

Thank you for another great recipe!!!!

[@czechcookbook]

:)

[@AussieAngeS]

Mmm those look sooo good !

[@czechcookbook]

+FitAnge S Thank you! :)

[@jennifermarquard-clanton5664]

I am so, so happy to find your channel and am so grateful for you taking the time to make exact instructions, my family's recipes were always by memory. I wish I would of paid better attention! One funny story about that and fruit dumplings--I used to make a "cheater' version, I'd buy the Chateau frozen dumplings and thaw a couple, put peaches on it and squeeze it into a ball, put in small soup bowl with butter and sugar, microwave it and voilà:-) lol. I'm making this tonight, ultimate comfort food!

[@czechcookbook]

:) Yes, dumplings are amazing comfort food. :) Wishing you the best of success in making them. :)

[@jennifermarquard-clanton5664]

+czechcookbook oh my God these are beyond incredible! My daughter and her friend ate 12 I one sitting! So my husband and I only got 2. Will make again soon,when school is in 😋

[@czechcookbook]

+Jennifer Marquard-Clanton :D So happy to hear! How funny! Maybe next time double the recipe. ;)

[@petercastine3094]

Thank you so much for this! My wife and I have always loved ocočné knedlicky when visiting my relatives in Czechia. Unfortunately, my Czech only gets me as far as ordering pivo v hospodě and isn’t up to following recipes (at least not at the speed my aunts speak, and my cousins who speak good English can’t cook :) So this is a big help. Děkuju moc!

[@czechcookbook]

Glad to help. :) I hope they turn out amazing! :)

[@katesaniuk404]

Love the dumpling recipe

[@czechcookbook]

I am glad. :)

[@rdrnnrhoff5770]

Thank you for the recipe, I followed the preparation exactly. However, I steamed them in a double broiler as I do with steamed dumplings I make for roast pork / duck and dumplings. This is the cooking method my ancestors / relatives have used and they come out much lighter and fluffier, not soggy, heavy and wet.

[@czechcookbook]

Thank you so much for your great feedback. That sounds great. I need to try it. :)

[@Dusan56]

Another great video. Have to try it. But Vlasak first. Thank you for sharing.

[@czechcookbook]

:) You will enjoy vlasak.

[@karenboka2043]

I love peach dumplings

[@StMage0]

I'm gonna go impress my mom with these now! lol

[@czechcookbook]

+Martin Ruckschlos :) That is sweet!

[@Pagmiester]

OMG!!! My grampa taught me how to make these....almost exactly the same recipe!

[@czechcookbook]

:)

[@deannale595]

How convenient that this showed up on my feed today. Thank you. Can I use this recipe for plumb dumplings?

[@czechcookbook]

Yes you can. In my family we make plum dumplings from potato dough but this will work as well. 😊

[@davedanek9084]

I grew up on these with pitted cherries. Sprinkled sugar on top with whole cream. They were served warm. Mmmmmm

[@czechcookbook]

Yum!

[@kamillasandera-zech4008]

HI KRISTYNA I AM SO HUNGRY,IT IS NIGHT 1.01 AM ,TOMORROW I AM GOING TO MAKE THEM,I DID EAT THEM LAST TIME 53 YEARS, EGO ,WHEN MY MOTHER MADE THEM EVERY WEEK. THANK YOU KAMILLA CANADA

[@czechcookbook]

Oh wow, that is very long time ago! I wish this recipe will bring many wonderful memories. Please let me know how they turned out. :)

[@Abracadabra513]

My grandma made plum dumplings topped with cottage cheese and melted butter.

[@kebunanasuya7911]

hey great share, stay con

[@caravanrose]

Yummm! I will use this to make jahodove knedliky. Do you add 1/2 tsp sugar inside as well for strawberries? Would frozen strawberries be too soggy for dough? Thank you for this recipe!

[@czechcookbook]

Yes same for strawberries. You can use less if they are really sweet. I don’t recommend using frozen fruit.

[@scoutblog1937]

Can you use the same dough recipe for savory dumplings with crackling (skvarky) filling? Thanks for the recipes. Great job. Keep going.

[@czechcookbook]

Thank you Pavel. :) Do you mean the one where the side is sauerkraut? If yes, those are made from potato dough. I am currently working on creating that recipe. Hopefully I will have it soon. This recipe I would only use for sweet dumplings with fruit filling.

[@scoutblog1937]

Thank you, I am looking forward to that recipe. Your recipes are great. We tried the fruit dumplings and they were delish. Just like from my mom. Thanks again. Pavel

[@czechcookbook]

Pavel Peroutka I am glad to hear that. :)

[@Calucifer13]

@@scoutblog1937 potato dough gets thin in minutes, though, so you have to have prepared everything beforehands and wrap them super fast

[@LostWithoutHer]

Hi Kristyna. I hope you have time to reply......I would appreciate it a lot....Could these be put into an oven and cooked to develop a crunchy crust?........What temp?..... If so, would you split them before baking or would you split them open after? They look great and I look forward to trying. Thank you. (I'm watching from California where the weather is either warm or HOT, no real winter :/ )

[@czechcookbook]

These are meant to be boiled in water or steamed. Oven will not work. They need to be fluffy not crunchy. 😊 For sweet bread I recommend my Kolace video. 😊

[@LostWithoutHer]

@@czechcookbook (I'm sorry, my question wasn't correctly phrased. My intention was putting into oven after the boiling process, if that will work...crunchy outside dough, softer inside dough.) Of course I will look at Kolace also. Thank you! 🧡🙏

[@czechcookbook]

I don’t think it would be good. They are truly the best steamed. You can definitely try it, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

[@czechcookbook]

Rada Ranisavljevic, I am not sure if you will see this comment. I hope you can. I couldn't reply directly to your question since you have disabled reply feature. I heard from people in Australia that they use Continental flour TIPO 00. I hope this helps. :)

[@iloveanimals9582]

+czechcookbook Gonna make these with grated apple inside ;)

[@czechcookbook]

+ILoveAnimals Sounds yummy! :)

[@radar7175]

Hello and thank you for sharing your recipes the goulash was just awesome - I would like to try the dumplings recipes but I am in Australia and cannot find the Wondra Flour do you know what can be used as an alternate flour - thank you kindly

[@czechcookbook]

I see I have never responded to you. I am sorry about that. You will need Continental flour, any brand.

[@livinginthenorthwoods]

I made these today and they didn’t do good….I didn’t kneed the dough befor rising….do you kneed yours until it “snaps” and looks smooth? I mixed with my hand but that was all.

[@czechcookbook]

The dough needs to be mixed in a way that all ingredients are incorporated. I don’t knead it.

[@denisaj2819]

Can I substitute the Wondra flour for the all purpose one? Would it work as well? Thank you

[@czechcookbook]

Denisa J I wouldn’t recommend it since dumplings aren’t going to be nice and airy. They will be chewy and harder.

[@katesaniuk404]

I will make mine with plums

[@czechcookbook]

yummy :)

[@livinginthenorthwoods]

Does the Wondra change the flavor? I basically have this family recipe but it calls for Flour…not Wondra. THank you

[@czechcookbook]

Wondra is flour which is more coarse. Same coarse flour we use in the Czech Republic. We never make dumplings from all purpose flour which is super soft. Dumplings need coarse flour. I don’t think it is about the change of flavor but the lightness of these dumplings. Light and fluffy are in my book also tastier.

[@katrinajerabek5720]

instead of wondra could you use king authur all purpose flour,and would it be the same meaurements

[@czechcookbook]

+Katrina Jerabek I tried making regular dumplings with all purpose flour, they looked beautiful, but were too chewy. I would think it will be the same with these. I have the rule to do any type of dumplings only with Wondra. Also using all purpose flour would be different measurements since they both weight differently.

[@priyanshibhattacharjee3789]

Hey can I choose banana as it's filling? Or maybe mangoes or apples

[@czechcookbook]

I wouldn't recommend it since banana will get mushy. The best is to use blueberries, strawberries or any other berries, apricots, peaches, plums.

[@priyanshibhattacharjee3789]

@@czechcookbook okay, thank you so much❤

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

Can you substitute the flour with anything other kind? Wondra isn't very common outside of the US and ordering it online is rather expensive

[@czechcookbook]

+Sergei Ivanovich Mosin I am sorry I am responding this late. Wondra type of flour does work the best. Some people make it with all purpose, but it doesn't come out as good. Where do you live? I might be able to help to find the right flour. You need more course flour than all purpose.

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

czechcookbook I live in Canada

[@czechcookbook]

+Sergei Ivanovich Mosin People in Canada told me they use Robin Hood instant blend fine and it works like our Wondra. I hope that helps and it will work for you. :)

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

czechcookbook Thank you, I'll give it a try, though I doubt it'll be quite the same as the ones I had in Třebíč.

[@czechcookbook]

+Sergei Ivanovich Mosin I think they can. ;) Wishing you the best of success!

[@livinginthenorthwoods]

Can I just use flour? What does the Wondra do to the dough?

[@czechcookbook]

Dumplings from all purpose flour will be dense and chewy. Wondra will make them fluffy and fall apart in your mouth. You can choose which you prefer. 😉

[@Authorravenwolf]

Nevite jestly prodavaji v usa tvrdy tvaroh na strohani?

[@czechcookbook]

Někde se dá sehnat farmer’s cheese, ale je spis měkký. Já si dělám svůj a když se hodně vymacka je skoro jako tvrdý. 😊

[@lamatmulac6809]

how do you do tvarok or what do you use to supplement?

[@czechcookbook]

Here is Tvaroh recipe. I top it with breadcrumbs and sugar. All in a video. www.czechcookbook.com/homemade-farmers-cheese-domaci-tvaroh/

[@alansklenar2848]

Jak Se Mas.Do you have a recipe for plum kolach

[@czechcookbook]

Yes 😊 www.czechcookbook.com/kolache-recipe-kolace/

[@BlackIrish-ec]

why are they floating

[@czechcookbook]

+Jon Cobb That is what they do. :) Dumplings usually float.