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Spinach-stuffed potato dumplings with blue cheese

Name: Spinach-stuffed potato dumplings with blue cheese
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 800 g Potatoes boiled in their skins; 250 g Frozen spinach; 350 g Semi-coarse wheat flour; 2 Eggs; to taste Salt and pepper; 100 g Grated Niva (Czech blue cheese); as needed Butter

Potato dough dumplings filled with spinach, boiled and topped with Niva blue cheese and melted butter. A meatless lunch or dinner for four.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 50 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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These spinach-stuffed potato dumplings are savory potato dough pockets topped with Niva, a Czech blue cheese, and melted butter after cooking. The dough is made with finely grated potatoes boiled in their skins, eggs, and semi-coarse wheat flour. Each square of dough gets a teaspoon of spinach seasoned with salt and pepper, then the edges are pressed firmly together and the dumplings are boiled in salted water. They make a filling lunch or dinner for four that even Popeye would love.

Ingredients

4 servings

Potatoes boiled in their skins 800 g
Frozen spinach 250 g
Semi-coarse wheat flour 350 g
Eggs 2
Salt and pepper to taste
Grated Niva (Czech blue cheese) 100 g
Butter as needed

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Instructions

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Season the thawed spinach with salt and pepper. Peel the cooled potatoes and finely grate them into a bowl. Add salt and the eggs, mix, and gradually work in enough flour to make a dough that is not too stiff.
Roll out the dough on a floured board and cut it into equal-sized squares. Place a teaspoon of seasoned spinach on each square, fold the dough over the filling, and press the edges firmly together.
Cook the filled dumplings in boiling salted water. Lift them out once cooked, sprinkle with crumbled Niva, and drizzle with melted butter.

Tip: Squeeze the thawed spinach well; otherwise, its moisture could wet the edges and cause the dumplings to open during cooking. Lift them out with a slotted spoon, as draining them in a colander could tear them.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 644 kcal
Protein: 24 g
Carbohydrates: 110 g
of which sugars: 2.7 g
Fat: 12 g
of which saturates: 6.3 g
Fiber: 7.8 g
Salt: 1.4 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 knedle plnené špenátom s nivou