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….
Tag: authentic food
Eingetropftes & Käsereis 🇦🇹
Two quick and tasty additions to clear soups Austria and surrounding countries tend to start (not only) Sunday lunches with soups. In most cases these are clear soups, based on chicken or beef broth, alternatively a vegetarian vegetable broth. The basic broth is then enhanced with various Suppeneinlagen, i.e. added dumplings and similar. Best known…
Stonska torta 🇭🇷
The cake from Ston, a small historical Croatian town near Dubrovnik, is a traditional cake. It is mainlyprepared fror bigger festivities like Easter and Christmas. Even if it is known and made for centuries, there exist no ‘proper’ recipe – the recipes vary across families and are mostly transmitted from one generation to another. Even…
İzmir köfte 🇹🇷
Turkish kitchen is full of yummy variations on minced meat with veggies (one I already described in this blog, the Manisa kebabı). İzmir köfte, meatballs İzmir style, is another of my favourites. They are essentially baked meatballs with potatoes and red sauce. I made them several times with slight variations on the recipe below and…
Soğan kebabı 🇹🇷
If you associate the word kebap (or kebab) with what Turks call döner kebabı, and is a common type of fast food in many countries, then this might be interesting for you to try. On one hand, it is one of the very broad category of Turkish food called kebaps, on the other hand, this…
Spätzle or Knöpfle? 🇩🇪
When one thinks of noodles, usually the first association is Italian pasta. However, noodles in many varieties have existed since prehistoric times. One of my my favourite sorts is Spätzle, a South-German type. Spätzle have existed for centuries and they seem to have originated in the Schwabenland, nowadays the Baden-Württemberg region with capital Stuttgart. The…
Tokány 🇭🇺
Thinking of which not-yet-featured countries lie on the Orient Express route, I decided it is time to add a Hungarian dish. As a Croatian, I am used to many dishes with names and basic preparation style influenced by Hungary, as (northern) Croatia was 1102-1918 in various forms of union with Hungary (and Austria). One would…
Cooker on the Orient Express 