SLOVENIAN DRY FRUITS BREAD - CHRISTMAS BREAD

Holiday season is approaching fast. In December, many fairs and festivals offer traditional Christmas cake or bread. Every country has its own specialities for the holiday season. In Slovenia we have a few very traditional cakes and breads. 
Sweet bread made of dry fruits and walnuts is only one of them. This one is easy to make, very tasty and healthy. It is also completely vegan. 

Dry fruits bread 

BUCKWHEAT ŠTRUKLJI - BUCKWHEAT ROLLS WITH COTTAGE CHEESE

Ajdovi štruklji - Buckwheat rolls with cottage cheese feeling is a very  traditional and very popular dish that can be served as side dish with different stews, or with fruits and honey or sugar as a dessert. 

Buckwheat rolls 

BUCKWHEAT ŠTRUKLJI - BUCKWHEAT ROLLS with WALNUTS

BUCKWHEAT ŠTRUKLJI - BUCKWHEAT ROLLS with WALNUTS

Štruklji, in Slovenian language, is a very traditional Slovenian dish. This dish is made of different doughs as well as different fillings. It can be cooked or baked, served as main or side dish. Štruklji can also be a delicious dessert. 

Buckwheat rolls with walnuts

APPLE PIE

Apple pie is a very old, very traditional and very popular recipe that can be made in many different ways. We all know the famous American version. However, in Europe many countries have their own traditional recipe. We make many different pies in Slovenia and almost everyone makes it a bit differently. 

My apple pie

STUFFED CHICKEN ROAST

Stuffed Roast like chicken, goose, veal breast, pork ribs is considered to be a real festive dish. It is usually prepared for big family celebrations. What meat or filling is used, is up to you. But for certain holidays,  we prefer certain meat and fillings. For St.Martins day that is goose stuffed with chestnuts and apples. 

This time I made chicken stuffed with bread filling, which is also very traditional. Served together with Red cabbage stew and a glass of good wine, is a very delicious meal.

Stuffed chicken with red cabbage stew.

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : STEWED RED CABBAGE

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : STEWED RED CABBAGE : November in Slovenia is special in many ways a very special month. We have two traditionally important holidays. November the 1st, when we ...

STEWED RED CABBAGE

November in Slovenia is in many ways a very special month. We have two traditionally important holidays. November the 1st, when we remember our ancestors and St. Martins day on November the 11th when we celebrate the arrival of the new wine.
November is also thought to be an introduction into winter. It can be cold and wet, snow and frost are also not unusual. It is the last month of autumn and sometimes, like this year, it can be still sunny and even warm. 

Autumn, so beautiful part of the year

So colourful, so rich

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : AJDOV KRAPEC - BUCKWHEAT CAKE with COTTAGE CHEESE

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : AJDOV KRAPEC - BUCKWHEAT CAKE with COTTAGE CHEESE: Traditional buckwheat cake with cottage cheese can be sweet or savoury dish. It can be served as a delicious and healthy dessert, a very ta...

AJDOV KRAPEC - BUCKWHEAT CAKE with COTTAGE CHEESE

Traditional buckwheat cake with cottage cheese can be sweet or savoury dish. It can be served as a delicious and healthy dessert, a very tasty appetiser or a side dish. The cake was traditionally baked in special bread oven built of bricks, which made the cake even more delicious.

Buckwheat cake with cottage cheese

BUCKWHEAT BREAD WITH WALNUTS - SOBA BREAD

Every part of the world has some basic foods typical for their cuisine. For example, while an important basic food in Asia is rice, in the West is corn, wheat, bread... In many countries bread was or still is the basic, everyday food, which can be consumed as a main dish or as a side with almost every meal. 
Bread plays a special, very significant role in Slovenian diet and in Slovenian tradition. In the past every farmer's household baked their own bread in Krušna peč - special bread owen that was built of bricks and ceramics and was the centre of the house. Baking day was a special day. A day when bread was made  for the hole week. The hole house and air around it smelled on freshly baked bread - for many the smell of "home".

Buckwheat-Soba bread with walnuts