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Slovak bread dumplings cooked in mugs

Name: Slovak bread dumplings cooked in mugs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 2 Eggs; 200 g Semi-coarse wheat flour; 250 ml Milk; 2 Stale bread rolls; to taste Salt; for greasing the mugs Butter

Slovak bread dumplings made with stale rolls, milk, eggs, and flour, cooked in buttered mugs in a water bath. Makes 4 servings.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25–40 min
Total time: 45 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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These Slovak bread dumplings are a quick side dish made from a thin batter mixed with cubed stale bread rolls and beaten egg whites. The batter needs no rising time—just pour it into greased mugs and cook in a water bath for 25 to 40 minutes, depending on their size. Serve the dumplings with sauces or roasted meat while putting leftover rolls to good use.

Ingredients

4 servings

Eggs 2
Semi-coarse wheat flour 200 g
Milk 250 ml
Stale bread rolls 2
Salt to taste
Butter for greasing the mugs

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Instructions

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Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Whisk the egg yolks with the milk, then gradually combine with the flour to make a thin batter. Stir in the stale bread rolls, cut into cubes.
Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form, then gently fold them into the batter. Prepare 3–4 mugs, each with a capacity of at least 300 ml. Grease them with butter, dust with flour, and fill two-thirds full with batter.
Place the filled mugs in a water bath with the water reaching no higher than halfway up their sides. Cook for 25–40 minutes, depending on the size of the mugs.
The dumplings will rise above the rims of the mugs as they cook. Once cooked, let them cool, then turn them out.

Tip: Keep the water bath at a gentle simmer so boiling water does not splash into the batter. Test the dumplings with a skewer—it should come out dry when inserted into the center.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 318 kcal
Protein: 12 g
Carbohydrates: 52 g
of which sugars: 3.8 g
Fat: 6.0 g
of which saturates: 2.4 g
Fiber: 1.8 g
Salt: 0.9 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: Hrnčekové knedle z rožkov a masla – za 20 minút