What: These fruit and cheese dumplings, ovocné knedlíky, are among the staple sweet dishes (like the crepe-esque palačinky) that have long been found in Czech home cooking, as evidenced by the recipe’s presence in important Czech cookbooks for the past two centuries. Made from milk, butter, flour, eggs, salt, and dry cottage cheese (aka “curd cheese”), these dumplings are commonly filled with strawberries, apricots, plums, or plum jam. For visitors to Prague, they are a sweet, unexpected delight, and a classic vegetarian Czech dish you cannot miss. Where: Of course, the very best fruit dumplings are those prepared by someone’s babička, […]
