Posts Tagged ‘paprika’

Chevabchichi (Čevabčiči)

Ingredients: 0.5 lb ground beef, 1 clove garlic, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1tsp paprika, salt, bread crumbs, side (onion, mustard, potatoes, butter) Prep time: 30 minutes Here is a recipe for a simple meet dish. It’s called čevabčiči, word which doesn’t mean anything at all in Slovak. This dish surely came to Slovakia from overseas, probably somewhere near the Balkans. The day after I made it I went with a friend for lunch to an Iranian kabob restaurant Moby Dick’s, where I ordered “kabob-e-kubideh”. Although it came with rice, these two meals shared much in common! So I asked the 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…

Hungarian Goulash (Maďarský Guláš)

Ingredients: 2lbs beef chuck (cubed), 1 green and 1 red large bell pepper, 3 tomatoes, scallions (or leeks or onions), 4 cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, paprika, red pepper, ground black pepper, salt, caraway (ground is better), marjoram Prep Time: Only about 20 minutes to get everything going, but some 3 hours for stewing I love Hungarian goulash! Goulash, the traditional dish of Hungary, refers to a beef stew cooked with the sweet powdered red pepper. At least, that’s how it’s now known. This spice, paprika, did not enter Hungarian cuisine until the 16th century. Goulash, on Read the Rest…

Green Bean Soup (Polievka zo Zelenej Fazule)

Ingredients: 1lb of green beans, 1.5L (~6.5 cups) of water, 2 small potatoes, 40g flour (5 tablespoons), 40g butter (1/3 stick), 2dl (small 8oz tub) of sour cream, vinegar, 1g (teaspoon) of sugar, dill Prep Time: 45 minutes Here is a recipe for another popular soup, one made with green beans (zelená fazuľa) and potatoes (zemiaky). Green beans, the immature bean pods, are quite healthy. They are high in vitamin C, and also contain insoluble fibers which aid in digestion. The recipe comes from “Recepty starej mamy” (Grandmother’s recipes), a classic cookbook from 1984 by M. Martišová and F. Martiš. Read the Rest…

Homemade Sausages (Domáce Klobásy)

Ingredients: 4 lbs pork, black pepper, 2 cloves garlic, paprika (sweet red pepper), red pepper, salt, pork intestines or sausage casings Prep Time: about 2 hours In this recipe, I show you how to prepare home-made sausage (klobása), the way my grandma makes them. I may be little biased, but there is nothing better than a real Slovak sausage! They are even better smoked (údené). Slovak sausages are pretty similar to the Hungarian variety. When I lived in Lancaster, California, I was lucky to be close to a real treasure: a little shack in the middle of the Mojave desert Read the Rest…