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….
Gnudi primavera 🇮🇹
Gnudi. Maybe you never heard of these fluffy, cheesy gnocchi-relatives. They are Tuscan dumplings made of ricotta, originally the sheep one. The best known version also uses spinach in the dough, an after cooking they are turned in butter with sage. There are more than enough classical gnudi recipes online, but… I attempted something new…
Köy peyniri 🇹🇷?! Domaći kuhani sir 🇭🇷?! In any case, it’s easy homemade cheese!
Have you ever made your own cheese? If no, is it because you are afraid it is too complicated? That was my reason not to try it until recently – first time I made it last summer. When I dared it, I opted for a Turkish 🇹🇷 recipe, later I learned that in Croatia 🇭🇷…
Cooker on the Orient Express 