Gnocchi alla sorrentina, gnocchi in the style of Sorrento, are a wonderfully simple Italian dish. Sorrento is a town near Naples and the dish itself seems to be a few hundred years old – some sources mention its existence even in the XVIth century! According to the legend, they were invented along with gnocchi themselves,…
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Zapečene štrukle 🇭🇷
Štrukle, also štrukli, is a north Croatian type of pastry traditionally filled with cottage cheese (fresh cheese, svježi sir in Croatian). If you are familiar to Turkish cuisine, one could say they are Hırvat peynir böreği, Croatian börek with cheese, but as far as it is known their origin is not influenced by Turkish cuisine….
Quiche Vosgienne 🇫🇷
Almost everyone heard of quiche Lorraine, most of you, dear readers, have probably eaten or even made it themselves. However, do you know that what is usually served as quiche Lorraine is not a proper one? A true quiche Lorraine should have neither cheese nor onions in it. It is mentioned by name at least…
Cooker on the Orient Express 