Oven-baked potato balls with cheese and herbs

Name: Oven-baked potato balls with cheese and herbs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 kg Potatoes boiled in their skins; 100 g Grated cheese; 2 Eggs; to taste Parsley; to taste Dried rosemary; 3 Garlic cloves; to taste Salt and pepper; as needed Vegetable oil

Mashed potato balls with cheese, garlic, parsley, and rosemary, baked until golden at 180–200°C for about 30 minutes. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Temperature: 180–200 °C (350–400 °F)
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Oven-baked potato balls with cheese and herbs are a variation on potato pancakes that requires no frying. Potatoes boiled in their skins are mashed and combined with grated cheese, eggs, garlic, parsley, and rosemary. The balls are arranged close together on a greased baking sheet, brushed with oil, and baked for about 30 minutes at 180–200°C (350–400°F) until golden. Serve them as a side dish or with your favorite sauce for dinner.

Instructions

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Let the boiled potatoes cool slightly, then mash them. Add the grated cheese, crushed garlic, eggs, parsley, and rosemary.
Season with salt and pepper and mix into a potato dough.
Shape the dough into balls and arrange them close together on a baking sheet greased with oil. Brush the tops with oil and bake in a preheated oven at 180–200°C (350–400°F) for about 30 minutes, until golden.
Serve as a side dish or with your favorite sauce for a different take on dinner.

Tip: Rub a little oil on your palms when shaping the balls to keep the potato mixture from sticking and give them a smooth surface. Peel the boiled potatoes while still warm, when the skins come off more easily.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 356 kcal
Protein: 14 g
Carbohydrates: 52 g
of which sugars: 2.4 g
Fat: 11 g
of which saturates: 5.6 g
Fiber: 4.7 g
Salt: 1.2 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Zemiakové guľky so syrom a bylinkami pečené v rúre