JOTA

Jota is like a hotpot, thick soup or a vegetable-meat stew. This very traditional dish comes from Western part of Slovenia, Primorska Region. It can be made with sour cabbage or sour turnips and potatoes, beans and a beat of ham or sausages. It is what we call a real winter dish.

Jota, traditional Slovenian thick soup.

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : BUCKWHEAT SPOON BREAD - AJDOVI ŽGANCI

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : BUCKWHEAT SPOON BREAD - AJDOVI ŽGANCI

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : COTTAGE CHEESE CAKE

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : COTTAGE CHEESE CAKE: Sometimes we taste a dish that is just delicious. We would like to make it at home but we do not have a recipe. If you try to do it and you...

COTTAGE CHEESE CAKE

Sometimes we taste a dish that is just delicious. We would like to make it at home but we do not have a recipe. If you try to do it and you are lucky it will taste like the real thing. This cottage cheese cake is something like that. I ate it, I liked it and I did it with a combination of two recipes that I knew. And I still make it frequently. 

Cottage cheese cake

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : SLOVENIAN DRY FRUITS BREAD - CHRISTMAS BREAD

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : 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 i...

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.