Recipes

Raisin Bread (Vianočka)
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Vianocka is sweet Slovak braided bread. Here is my grandma's recipe with photos.
Cheap Pancakes (Lacné Palacinky)
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How-to-guide for making really tasty and cheap crepe-style pancakes. Includes photos and step-by-step instructions. Learn to make pancakes today!
Baked Buns (Pečené Buchty)
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Recipe showing how to make buchty, baked buns filled with jam, farmer's cheese or poppie seeds. Specialty of my grandmother (babka).
Steamed Sweet Dumplings (Buchty na Pare)
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Buchty na pare are sweet steamed dumplings filled with plum jam and topped with poppy seeds or walnuts mixed with sugar. This page contains the rec...
Bryndza Pierogi (Bryndzové Pirohy)
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Pierogi are not as popular in Slovakia as in Poland, but there is one exception. Bryndzove pirohy are dumplings filled with the special Slovak shee...
Bobalky (Opekance)
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Illustrated recipe for bobalky (also known as opekance or pupacky), sweet bread topped with poppy seeds. They make a great dessert.
Homemade Sausages (Domáce Klobásy)
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Step-by-step illustrated recipe for preparing homemade sausages. Slovak sausages are made from pork and are seasoned with garlic, sweet and spicy p...
Pressed Meat (Tlačenka)
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Recipe for tlacenka, Slovak pressed pork meat. Many find this to be a delicacy, I disagree.
Rice Sausage (Jaternica)
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Jaternica (or hurka) is a special Slovak sausage made out of pork meat combined with rice. It is often eaten as porridge. This page contains a phot...
Bread Pudding (Žemlovka)
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Recipe for zemlovka, Slovak baked bread pie filled with apples (or pears), raisins and farmer's cheese and topped with a layer of beaten egg whites.