When visiting a country, an introduction to local dishes becomes an integral part of the journey, which reflects the cultural traditions of the state. Slovenia was not an exception in this respect, the national cuisine of which is very diverse.
Features of the cuisine of Slovenia
The culture of Slovenia largely traces the influence of the traditions of other countries: Austria, Hungary, Italy, Croatia. This is reflected in the dishes that are prepared here and which can be tasted at local restaurants. Depending on where the tourists are planning to travel in Slovenia, dishes with specific characteristics will be presented there. So, for the mountainous territory of the Alps, in the north of the country, Austrian dishes are more typical, and for the south - Italian.
The cuisine of Slovenia is very diverse, there are also meat dishes, seafood, various fruits and vegetables, bakery products, dairy products, beans, soups. It is possible to note such dishes, borrowed from other countries:
- Austrian - Viennese Schnitzel, Austrian sausages, strudel;
- Italian - pizza, pasta of various kinds, risotto, gnocchi (potato dumplings), zlikrofi (analogous to ravioli);
- Hungarian - goulash, pancakes with palacinke stuffed with nuts and jam, poured with chocolate, braised beef paprikas;
- Croatian - burek (layered meat pie), apple pie.
First courses in Slovenia
In the kitchen of Slovenia a significant place is given to all kinds of soups. Popular are mushroom, fish soups, with the addition of sausages. Among the most popular of them you can identify the following:
- "Soup of soup" - soup with pork and vegetables. The sour taste of the dish is achieved by adding vinegar to its composition;
- "Vipavska iota" - soup, cooked on the basis of broth from smoked products, another important ingredient is sauerkraut;
- "Oboe soup" is a soup made of white mushrooms, its feeding in bread is very interesting, from which the flesh is previously removed.
The second dishes of Slovenia
The second dishes in Slovenia are prepared from a variety of ingredients: meat, seafood, dough, cereals, potatoes. Examples of such foods include:
- "Shtrukli" - balls of dough stuffed with minced meat;
- "Zhlikrofi" - very much like dumplings;
- all kinds of sausages that are served with onions or horseradish;
- "Bograch" - goulash, which is cooked in copper pots;
- "Chomp" - potatoes baked in the oven with cottage cheese;
- pilaf with mussels and shrimps;
- buckwheat or millet porridge with milk or cracklings.
In Slovenia, a unique opportunity to taste truffles is provided, dishes from it are prepared in abundance in the region of Sezana.
Desserts of Slovenia
Slovenia will become a paradise for lovers of sweet dishes. Here are cooked delicious desserts, among which you can note the following:
- "Gibanitsa" is a festive nine-layer pie, apples, cottage cheese, nuts, vanilla, raisins, poppy are used as the filling located between the layers of dough;
- "Executioner" - delicate pancakes stuffed with fruits, jams, nuts, sprinkled with cream or chocolate;
- "Chicken" - nut roll, made on the basis of yeast dough;
- very unusual dessert are chestnuts prepared in various ways: in milk, in the form of cakes, strudels, additions to ice cream.
Drinks in Slovenia
As soft drinks that are drunk in Slovenia , you can list strong and sweet coffee, cooked in Turkish, herbal teas, rose hips, sour Alpine milk, juice from whipped apples. National alcoholic beverages include:
- liqueur "Clutch of Chrushka" - the secret of his preparation passed from the monks of the Cartesians. His recipe is truly unique: in the beginning, pears are grown in a bottle, and then they are filled with brandy;
- samogon "Villamovka" - also made from pears;
- vodka from juniper ;
- tincture of plums ;
- a huge amount of wine .