Klepe are Bosnian dumplings filled with minced beef and onion, boiled and served in garlic-yogurt sauce with walnut, the Sarajevo Ottoman heirloom of the manti family.
Klepe come from the Ottoman manti tradition (which itself traces to Turkic Central Asian peasant cooking) and entered Bosnian kitchens with the Ottoman administration after 1463. Dveri on Prote Bakovica and Nanina Kuhinja on Kundurdziluk both work the canonical Sarajevo recipe with extra walnut, the dumpling kept smaller than Turkish manti to fit the garlic-yogurt-walnut finish that defines the Bosnian version.
2 editor picks for Klepe in Sarajevo, ranked by editorial score. All Sarajevo signature dishes · Klepe across every city.
Dveri ★ 4.6
bascarsija · Prote Bakovica 12, 71000 Sarajevo
Dveri off Saraci in Bascarsija is the family Bosnian room behind a wood-shuttered facade, with a flowered courtyard and hearty lonac on every table.
Nanina Kuhinja ★ 4.5
bascarsija · Kundurdziluk 35, 71000 Sarajevo
Nanina Kuhinja on Kundurdziluk in Sarajevo Bascarsija cooks Bosnian dishes the way a nana would, with klepe, sarma and bosanski lonac through the day.