Salads, Sides and Bread Recipes

Flat Bread and Rolls (Osúch a Rožky)

Ingredients: bread dough, caraway seeds, oil, salt Prep Time: 30 minutes for baking We had some dough left over from making bread, so we used it to make osúch (dry flat bread) and rožky (bread rolls). Rožky are very popular in Slovakia. They look like tiny baguettes and are eaten with salads. Lightly roll out a piece of dough to make a pancake about half inch thick. Move onto a greased baking sheet. Grease, salt and top with few caraway seeds (rasca). To make rožky, take smaller pieces of dough and roll them into cylinders. Let rise for some 10 Read the Rest…

Bread (Chlieb)

Ingredients: 2lb flour, pack of yeast, milk, sugar, caraway Prep Time: 2 hours Good bread is hard to find in America. At least, if you don’t want to spend upward of 5 dollars for a tiny artisan loaf. So I had my grandmother show me how to bake bread. In this recipe, I show you how to make bread at home, without the use of any fancy gizmos. All you need is flour and yeast, and the will to get your hands a little dirty. Place 2lbs of flour (múka) into a large container. Prepare the yeast mixture (kvások) by Read the Rest…

Lokshe (Lokše)

Ingredients: 6 potatoes, cup of flour, oil, salt, sauerkraut or jam with poppy seeds Prep Time: 30 minutes An indispensable part of the Slovak kitchen are lokshe (lokše, lokša singular). They are thin pancakes made out of potato dough that are baked on a hot plate or an ungreased frying pan. They are kind of like Slovak tortillas. These will be found on any Christmas table! You will also find them offered at Christmas markets held in just about every town during the holidays. Today I am again at my grandma, so I watched as she prepared a batch. Follow Read the Rest…

Bacon Potatoes (Slaninové Zemiaky)

Ingredients: potatoes, bacon, paprika, caraway, salt, pepper Prep Time: 80 minutes I had some left-over bacon from preparing the St. Nicholas Day kapustnica, so I decided to make bacon potatoes, the way my mom makes them. Start by peeling and washing several large Russet potatoes. Also preheat the oven to 400F. Then cut each potato (zemiak) in half and cut out a wedge from the round part. Place half a slice of bacon (slanina) in each slot. Season with paprika, caraway (rasca), salt (soľ) and black pepper (čierne korenie). Bake at 400F for about an hour, or until the potatoes Read the Rest…

Cod Salad (Treska)

Ingredients: 2lbs cod fillet (defrosted and boneless), 2 big onions, 1 cup vinegar, 2 carrots, 3-4 table spoons mustard, 6 bay leaves, salt, whole and ground black pepper, 300-350 ml mayonnaise (about 1.25 cups) Prep time: Only about 30 minutes, but you need to let it sit in the fridge at least overnight Treska is my favorite Slovak salad. So I was really excited when Kristina posted a recipe for it on the Facebook page! I made it and it turned out quite tasty. Here I show you how to make it. But, there is a caveat. When I went Read the Rest…