Ovocne knedliky
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Bohemian fruit dumplings: a soft potato or quark dough wrapped around a whole plum, apricot or strawberry, boiled, then dressed with melted butter, sugar and farmer's cheese.

Fruit dumplings are the canonical Bohemian summer dessert, made with whatever orchard fruit is in season. The dough recipe varies: potato in the south, quark or curd cheese in Moravia. The plum version (svestkove knedliky) hits Prague pivnice menus from August through October, when Bohemian plums ripen. U Modre Kachnicky and the Lokal kitchens keep them on a seasonal rotation. Czech families eat them as a main course, not a dessert, with a heavy dusting of grated tvaroh (curd cheese), browned butter and icing sugar.

3 editor picks for Ovocne knedliky in Prague, ranked by editorial score. All Prague signature dishes · Ovocne knedliky across every city.

Lokal Dlouhaaa ★ 4.4

€€Czech PubStare Mesto

Lokal Dlouhaaa is the longest of Ambiente's Czech pubs, a 70-metre tile-and-wood room in Stare Mesto pouring Pilsner from tank and cooking honest Czech.

OrderThe tartare with bread; tank Pilsner Urquell.

Lokal Hamburk ★ 4.3

€€Czech PubKarlin

Lokal Hamburk is the Karlin outpost of the Ambiente pub chain, on the site of a 19th-century river-harbour inn. Order the vepro-knedlo-zelo; pour from tank.

OrderVepro-knedlo-zelo; pour from tank.

U Modre Kachnicky ★ 4.2

€€Czech TraditionalMala Strana

U Modre Kachnicky in Mala Strana cooks the old Czech repertoire, roast duck and venison, in two Baroque-era dining rooms a five-minute walk from Charles.

OrderThe roast duck with bread dumplings and red cabbage.

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