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Klepe

Name: Klepe
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ingredients: 250g All-purpose flour; 1 Egg; 80ml Water; 250g Ground Beef; 1 Onion; 250g Plain yogurt; 2 cloves Garlic; 30g Butter; 1 tsp Paprika; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground meat wrapped in small pieces of dough, boiled, and topped with garlic yogurt — Bosnia's little dumplings.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Klepe are small Bosnian dumplings descended from Turkish mantı: a filling of ground beef and onion is wrapped in small squares of dough and boiled. The Bosnian way is to top them with garlic yogurt sauce and drizzle with butter melted with paprika. Families gather to make big batches as a treat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Bosnian kitchen, a table covered in tiny dumplings is topped with white yogurt sauce and red butter.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

All-purpose flour 250g
Egg 1
Water 80ml
Ground Beef 250g
Onion 1
Plain yogurt 250g
Garlic 2 cloves
Butter 30g
Paprika 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the flour, egg, water, and a pinch of salt and rest 30 minutes.
Mix the ground meat, chopped onion, salt, and pepper.
Roll the dough thin, cut into 5cm squares, add filling, and fold into triangles.
Boil in salted water for 5 minutes after they float.
Top with yogurt mixed with grated garlic and drizzle with butter melted with paprika.

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