Posts Tagged ‘chocolate’

Honey Slices (Medové Rezy)

Dough: 600g flour, 150g powdered sugar, 2 tbsp cocoa, 3 tbsp honey, 50g (~half a stick) butter, 3 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking soda Filling: 0.5L milk, 5 tbsp corn starch, 250g butter, 1 shot rum, vanilla extract, 1 jar of jam Topping: 200g dark chocolate, 50 g butter Prep Time: Two or three hours of actual work In this recipe, which comes from Varecha.sk, I show you how to make medové rezy, or honey slices. I have never made anything like this before, heck, it was just few weeks ago that I baked my first ever cake. If you had Read the Rest…

Cheap Pancakes (Lacné Palacinky)

Ingredients: 2 cups water, 1.5 cups flour, bit of salt, one tablespoon of sugar, topping of your choice Prep Time: 10 minutes to make the dough, about 2 minutes per pancake for frying Few weeks ago I showed you how my grandma Pavka makes fancy fluffy apple pancakes. In this recipe I show you how my other grandma, Terka, makes pancakes. Her pancakes (or crepes, palacinky) are simple, easy and cheap to make. They require just a few ingredients and take just few minutes to prepare. And best of all, they are just as tasty. Start by combining 2 cups Read the Rest…

Apple Pancakes (Jablkové Palacinky)

Ingredients: 2 cups flour, 2 cups milk, 2 apples, 2 eggs, powdered sugar, salt, jam, oil (for frying) Prep Time: 20 minutes I prepare pancakes (palacinky) by simply mixing flour, eggs, milk and sugar. However, today my grandma (from my dad’s side of the family) showed me a recipe for a slightly more elaborate version. The batter for these pancakes includes shredded apples and beaten egg whites (to make the batter fluffier). They were bit more work, but were delicious! Start by grating two semi-sweet apples (jablká). Then take two eggs (dve vajcia) and separate the yolks (žĺtka) from the Read the Rest…

Bear Paws (Medvedie Labky)

Ingredients: 1 yolk, 280g flour (about 2 cups), 220g margarine, 100g ground walnuts, 100g powdered sugar, 1 packet of vanilla sugar (about 20g), chocolate for cover (optional) Prep Time: 1 hour Bear paws (medvedie labky) is a cookie that is an integral part of any Christmas table in Slovakia. Although Slovakia is known for its kolache (koláče), elaborate sweet deserts found in cukráreň, the pastry shop, this type of a sweet is called krehké pečivo, meaning fragile baked good. It’s quite simple to make, however you’ll need baking molds. The form most commonly used is in the shape of a Read the Rest…

Chocolate Covered Bananas (Banány v Čokoláde)

Ingredients: bananas, chocolate, toppings One of my favorite candies in Slovakia are little banana-shaped yellow jello pieces covered in dark chocolate. They are made by a company named Orion, and are called (quite appropriately) “Bananas in Chocolate” (external link). I think they are also commonly known as “banánky” (little bananas). Well yesterday my friend Miroslava sent me a photo of her chocolate covered bananas, along with the recipe. Here it is: Melt chocolate (čokoláda) of your choice (baking chocolate or a chocolate bar) by placing it in a small pot, which you in turn place in a larger pot containing Read the Rest…