Slovenia recipes
Recipes from Slovenia: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.
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Jota: Slovenian Karst Bean and Sauerkraut Soup
Kraška jota, the winter soup of Slovenia's western Karst region, made with borlotti beans, sauerkraut, potatoes and smoked bacon. How it differs from Istrian and Vipava versions, parboiling the beans, thickening with flour, a canned-bean shortcut, and storage tips.
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Zlevanka: Slovenia's Thin Baked Cornmeal Cake from Prekmurje
Zlevanka is a thin baked flour sweet from Prekmurje in northeastern Slovenia. Fine cornmeal is whisked with milk and egg and poured into a hot pan. This guide makes the local proportions concrete for a home oven: flour differences, the cue for lowering the temperature, the sweet version and the salty buckwheat version, storage, and how to rescue failures.