HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : PUSTNI KROFI - SLOVENIAN CARNIVAL DOUGHNUTS

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : PUSTNI KROFI - SLOVENIAN CARNIVAL DOUGHNUTS: In Slovenia, like in many other countries around the world, we celebratE the Carnival Season. For us, the carnival is called Pust. Pust sca...

PUSTNI KROFI - SLOVENIAN CARNIVAL DOUGHNUTS

In Slovenia, like in many other countries around the world, we celebratE the Carnival Season. For us, the carnival is called Pust. Pust scares the Winter away and welcomes the Spring to begin. Many towns in Slovenia, for example Ptuj or Cerknica, are famous for their Carnival. Like other festivities, Pust has some traditional dishes to celebrate with. This is also time before the beginning of fasting in Christianity, so the last chance to eat very rich food before Easter. The old saying tells us that Pust has to be fat, greasy around the mouth in order to have good harvest later in the year. 
Among famous traditional dishes are Pustni krofi - Carnival Doughnuts and Krhki flancati - Brittle Flancati. 

Pustni krofi - Carnival Doughnuts

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : MASHROOMS SOUP

HOMEMADE SLOVENIAN FOOD : MASHROOMS SOUP: Slovenia is a country covered with forests. Hiking through in the woods and picking up mushrooms is one of the most common hobbies of Slove...

MASHROOMS SOUP

Slovenia is a country covered with forests. Hiking through in the woods and picking up mushrooms is one of the most common hobbies of Slovenian people. We are preparing mushrooms in many different ways. Very traditional mushroom dish is a mushroom soup. It is usually served in restaurants as a starter, but it can also be served as a main dish together with buckwheat spoon bread, see the recipe. 

Mushroom soup

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