Recipes from Slovakia, food, traditions, and language lessons

Christmas Cookies Part 1: Hearts (Srd...
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Recipe for traditional Slovak and Czech Christmas heart-shaped shortbread cookies filled with currant or strawberry jam. They are delicious!

Bread with Radishes (Chlieb s Reďkovkou)
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How do you eat or prepare radishes? The best way is by slicing them and using them to top good wheat bread.

Bread with Lard (Chlieb s Masťou)
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Lard used to be a common substitute for butter. In Slovakia, it is still common to find bread topped with salted butter offered as a free beer snac...

Pork Cracklings (Škvarky or Oškvarky)
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Recipe for pork cracklings called oskvarky in Slovak. These fried bacon bits are used to top halusky or pierogi.

Meat in Horseradish Sauce (Mäso v Chr...
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Horseradish sauce is popular in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Visit the site for recipe for this sauce to go with steamed dumpling and baked smo...

Baked Meat (Pečené Mäso)
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Baked smoked pork picnic has got to be the most delicious thing in the world. Visit the site for a baking recipe.

Cucumber Salad (Uhorkový Šalát)
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Cucumber salad is a simple addition to any meal. Start by peeling the cucumber, slice it using a box grater, and mix with vinegar, sugar, garlic, s...

Detva's Temper (Detvianska Nátura)
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Detva is a region in central Slovakia known among other things for its hardy men. Men who like to eat spicy dishes, like this hot beef, onion, pepp...

Pound Cake (Bábovka)
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Babovka is the Slovak version of pound cake. It is fluffy dual layer cake that is prepared for Easter, Christmas and weddings. Here is an easy recipe.

Fruit Ice Cream Sundae (Ovocný Zmrzli...
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It's very easy to make your own restaurant-quality sundae (and save a buck or two!). Here is a how-to guide for making a fruit sundae topped with n...

Potato Soup (Zemiaková Polievka)
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Potato soup is simple to make. Just cut up some potatoes, add to a pot, add bacon, mushrooms, marjoram, and voila: delicious meal starter!

Pork Schnitzel (Vyprážaný Rezeň)
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Learn how to make Wiener Shnitzel which is known in Slovakia as rezen. Schnitzel is a thin boneless cut of meat which has been tenderized, covered ...

Cold Torte (Studená Torta)
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Cold Torte is a very easy but truly delicious berry snack you can prepare in 15 minutes. It consists of raspberries or blackberries, sour cream, va...