Posts Tagged ‘egg’

Fried Cauliflower (Vyprážaný Karfiol)

Ingredients: cauliflower, eggs, flour, bread crumbs, potatoes and vegetables for the side Prep Time: 30 minutes In this recipe, I show you how to make vyprážaný karfiol, meaning fried cauliflower. This is one of the most popular Slovak vegetarian dishes. It’s totally delicious and super easy to make! Just as with any dish involving frying, be careful when dealing with hot oil so you don’t burn yourself. Start off by peeling potatoes and slicing them into cubes. Let them boil in salted water while you go about making the main dish. It’s so hard to believe that potatoes are relative Read the Rest…

Spanish Rolls (Španielske Vtáčky)

Ingredients: 8 beef steaks or chicken breast slices, 2 hot dog, 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 dill pickles, paprika, onion, black pepper, salt, mashed potatoes or rice Prep Time: about an hour Alena from Žiar nad Hronom sent me recipe and pictures of her mom preparing španielske vtáčky, a delicious dish consisting of meat steaks filled with egg, hot dog and pickle. I have to admit that for the longest time I thought the name of this dish was španielske vtáčiky (notice that extra i), which would mean “little spanish birds”. But it’s not. I have no clue what vtáčky Read the Rest…

Rice Pudding Cake (Ryžový Nákyp)

Ingredients: 1.5 cups rice (350 g), 4.2 cups milk (1L), 1/5 stick of butter (20g), 3/4 cups powdered sugar (80g), teaspoon of vanilla extract, 3 eggs, canned cherries or apricots, raisins Prep Time: 2.5 hours, but most of it is “hands off” Here is a recipe for the one meal that to me symbolizes childhood more than any other dish out there. This sweet rice and fruit concoction was on the list of foods rotated in Slovak elementary school lunch cafeterias. Boy, how much did I look forward to the day when ryžový nákyp was one the menu! The rich Read the Rest…

Fried Hamburger (Fašírka)

Ingredients: 1lb pork, 3 cloves garlic, one quarter medium onion, one egg, bread roll about the length of your open hand, milk, salt, black pepper, flour, bread crumbs, side (4 boiling potatoes, quarter of chopped up red cabbage, salt, sugar, caraway, butter, few slices of red pepper) Prep Time: About an hour, including boiling potatoes Nowadays, it’s easy to satisfy your hamburger craving in Slovakia. Many major cities have a McDonald’s. And even those that do not will have a myriad of street vendors selling all kinds of burgers. But, even with all this hamburger variety around, don’t forget to Read the Rest…

Bryndza Pierogi (Bryndzové Pirohy)

Ingredients: about 2 potatoes, some 2 cups flour, one egg, salt, bacon, bryndza Prep Time: 30 minutes Pirohy (pierogi) are not as common in Slovakia as in, let’s say Poland. There they are stuffed with all kinds of fillings. There are pierogi filled with meat, mashed potatoes, curd cheese, onions, or even sweet jams. But one kind you will surely find on your travels in Slovakia are bryndzové pirohy, pierogi filled with the special Slovak sheep cheese, bryndza. This cheese is also used to make the Slovak national dish, bryndzové halušky. My family did not use to make pirohy. But Read the Rest…