Polish-style Kluski (potato dumplings)

Polish kluski dumplings

Main dishes

Small, savory meatball-like pastries filled with apple and served with a mushroom sauce and ham.

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Kluski are traditional Polish small pasta dumplings. They are typically served with braised cabbage or a mushroom sauce. This recipe allows you to enjoy them at home.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting15 min
  • Total1 hr 5 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodboiling
  • Estimated cost$4.71 $1.18 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people

Dough

  • $1.06
  • $0.48
  • $0.80
  • $0.03
  • $0.08
  • $0.92

Sauce

  • $0.19
  • $0.14
  • $1.01

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Boil the apples in water, then mash them and let them cool.
  2. Mix them with the flour, eggs, a pinch of salt, and optionally, sugar. ≈ 4 min
  3. Continue working until you obtain a firm dough, and then let it rest at room temperature.
  4. Roll the dough into a sausage shape and cut it into small pieces at an angle (or shape into small balls of about 30g). ≈ 10 min
  5. Submerge them in boiling, salted water: they are cooked when they float to the surface.
  6. Drain them and then pour over them with warm, melted butter. ≈ 2 min
  7. For the sauce, heat the milk, thicken it with a little flour, then add the chopped mushrooms and diced ham.
  8. Serve hot. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Polish kluski dumplings

  • 500 g of ground apples$1.06
  • 300 g of flour$0.48
  • 2 eggs$0.80
  • salt$0.03
  • 100 g of sugar (optional)$0.08
  • 100 g of butter$0.92
  • milk$0.19
  • flour$0.14
  • Mushrooms$1.01

Total$4.71

that's $1.18 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of ground apples
  • 300 g of flour
  • 2 eggs
  • salt
  • 100 g of sugar (optional)
  • 100 g of butter
  • milk
  • flour
  • Mushrooms
  • Ham

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