Slovak cuisine

SLOVAK CUISINE

Slovak cuisine• influenced by cuisine´s of our neighbours• base of food was wheat, potatoes, milk and milk products, pork meat, sauerkraut and onion

Cheese and milk products

• In mountain areas• milk products such as whey, cottage cheese, bryndza (salted sheep curd) and sheep cheese are very popular

• we can get them in Liptov region

Cabbage soup• Traditional slovak soup• prepared at the end of the year – for Christmas and New Years Eve

• Except cabbage soup consists of sausages and mushrooms

Lokše, trdelník, goose......

Pies

Halusky• National Slovak food

• Part of our culture• Consist of dumplings made of potato dough mixed with bryndza, curd and cabbage

Bryndzove halusky• The most popular halusky• Halusky with sheep cheese and small pieces of bacon greaves and chives or dill

• Usually served with „žinčica“• We can enjoy it in „salaše“ and „koliby“.• cooking and eating competiton in Turecká

Sources• http://www.slovak-republic.org/food/• http://slovakia.travel/en/slovak-gastronomy• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNBhusRMas• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_cuisine• http://google.sk