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 

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