Posts Tagged ‘raisins’

Raisin Bread (Vianočka)

Ingredients: leavened dough, raisins Prep Time: about an hour Another food item that can be prepared from the sweet leavened dough is vianočka. It is a sweet braided raisin bread that looks very much like the Jewish challah. It is often eaten for breakfast, topped with butter and jam (raspberry being my favorite). It is also often prepared for Easter and for Christmas. In fact, the name vianočka is derived from the Slovak word for Christmas, vianoce. The trick in making this bread is in braiding the dough. I am sure that just about every Slovak babička (grandma) has her Read the Rest…

Bread Pie (Žemlovka)

Ingredients: 2lb apples (or other fruit), 1L (4 cups) milk, 4 eggs, 10 bread rolls, 1lb farmer’s cheese (about 2 cups), powdered sugar, handful of raisins, butter, bread crumbs for dusting the baking pan Prep Time: 30 minutes + about 1 hour for baking Here is the recipe for žemlovka. The word žemla means bread roll so the closest I could come up with when translating the name of this delicacy was “bread pie”. This probably is not a bad name, given that it’s made with pieces of bread instead of dough. This is the closest food item we have Read the Rest…