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Typical dishes

Indulge in the culinary pleasures of the recipes of our ancestors, which we have passed down to the present day.

Shepherd's dishes are present in the entire Alpine area, although they differ slightly from place to place. They definitely include masunjek with sour milk, stew with buckwheat brandy, žlinkorfi, roasted lamb, all kinds of cheeses and cheese spreads, as well as cured meat products.

KAMNIK SAUSAGE

KAMNIK SAUSAGE

Kamnik Sausage comes from a family recipe from the Podgoršek butcher shop in Kamnik.

TRNIČ

TRNIČ

Trnič is a pear-shaped salted cheese decorated with special ornamentation linked to the herdsmen tradition on Velika Planina.

GRUŠAVI ŽLINKROFI

GRUŠAVI ŽLINKROFI

Filled with dry pears, these dumplings make for a wonderful dessert and will delight everyone when topped with honey.

UPPER-SAVINJA ŽELODEC

UPPER-SAVINJA ŽELODEC

Made of quality pork and bacon, this cured meat enjoys a protected geographical status.

PRINCELY VENISON GOULASH

PRINCELY VENISON GOULASH

This dish is associated with Archduke Charles II who had a meal by a stone table, later called the Princely Table (Fűrst = prince, ruler), while on a hunting trip in the Kamniška Bistrica Valley in 1564

BUCKWHEAT SPOONBREAD

BUCKWHEAT SPOONBREAD

This traditional peasant dish is made of sautéed buckwheat flour. Once dressed with cracklings, it can be served with sour milk or yoghurt but it also goes well with sauerkraut as well as various soups and stews.

POSMODULA

POSMODULA

An old Slovenian dish typical of the Preddvor area, posmodula was made by housewives while baking bread. They rolled out a small loaf of dough, coated it with cottage cheese or minced lard and baked it quickly in the brick oven.

MASLOVNIK OR MASUNJEK

MASLOVNIK OR MASUNJEK

Masovnik is a traditional alpine dairy farm dish made of wheat, buckwheat or corn flour cooked in hot cream. It is served as a side dish to accompany spoonbread, or it can be spread on a piece of bread.

SOLČAVA SIRNEK

SOLČAVA SIRNEK

Mildly piquant mature quark cheese. Sirnek is great with black bread and apples. It also goes well with cured meat.

KLOŠTER CREAM CAKE

KLOŠTER CREAM CAKE

This cream cake comes from the Ursuline Convent in Mekinje which offered individual cooking classes to the well-off local girls who inevitably introduced some dishes to the countryside beyond the convent walls.

UBRNENIK

UBRNENIK

Ubrnenik is a peasant dish made of sautéed buckwheat or wheat flour, soaked in salted milk containing butter and cream. It is served with sour milk or café latte.

MOHOVT

MOHOVT

Mohovt is a cottage cheese spread jazzed up with cream, salt and cumin. It is also served as a side dish to accompany cured meats.

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