Silvash Gombotz (Hungarian Plum Dumplings)
Silvash gombotz (Hungarian spelling: Szilvás gombóc) is a traditional dessert recipe for plum dumplings from Hungary. During the freezing cold winters, warm filling desserts like these are very popular.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds peeled potatoes
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tbsp oil
- ⅔ pound plain flour
- Fresh plums, plum jam or plum compote
Ingredients for 7 servings (1.4 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Cook potatoes until very soft (at least an hour). Peel and mash with a fork.
Stovetop - 2
Add the egg to the mixture, along with the little salt and oil. Mix well.
- 3
Gradually mix in the flour to make a smooth dough. You may need a little more or less than the listed quantity.
- 4
Knead the potato dough, then roll it out into a thin sheet (about 5 mm thick), and cut into squares.
- 5
Put half a plum or 1 tsp of plum jam on each square. Wrap the dough around the filling and seal the edges.
- 6
Cook in boiling water for 10–15 minutes until the dumplings are floating and cooked through.
- 7
Serve with bread crumbs fried in butter.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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