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Potato Dumplings with Fruits

  1. Cook the potatoes with their skins, and once cool, peel and grate them on a fine grater. On a board knead a stiff dough from all the ingredients: flour, eggs, potatoes and salt.
  2. Roll out the dough soon so it does not get runny.
  3. Cut it into squares, put washed and drained piece of fruit into every piece and shape it as into a ball.
  4. Boil them in slightly salted  water for about 7 minutes until they float to the surface.
  5. Take them out but do not rinse them. Pour melted butter over the finished dumplings, and sprinkle topping – cream cheese with sugar, ground poppy seeds with sugar, ground nuts with sugar or fried breadcrumbs.

Method for the crumbly topping – streusel:

  1. Fry the breadcrumbs in a dry pan until pink.
  2. Sweeten the fried breadcrumbs with powdered sugar. You can also add minced or chopped walnuts to sprinkle over the still hot, buttered dumplings.

 

Source: Slovak Tourist Board

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Bean Soup with Smoked Pork Knee

The cuisine of northern Slovakia is influenced by the harsh climatic conditions of the area, where it is usually intensively cold at least three months per year. This is one of the reasons why smoked meat, potatoes, sauerkraut, dairy products and pulses are typical for this cuisine. In Slovakia, the pulses belong to the oldest cultivated crops. The most famous dish, still popular of the Slovak kitchen, is the bean soup, which used to be part of the Christmas Eve dinner for many families.

For the dough

  • 400 g flour, semi-coarse
  • 4-5 pcs potatoes, boiled in their skins
  • ½ teaspoon of salt
  • 1 pc of egg
  • 80 g of breadcrumbs
  • 80 g of powdered sugar
  • 50 g of walnuts, ground
  • 120 g of butter, warmed up

Fruit

  • strawberries, cherries, apricots, plums (depending on the season)

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