Culinary and wine

Ingredients Preparation Prepare a regular yeast dough with the addition of fat. Let it rise. Roll it into a round shape with a diameter of 28 cm, 1 to 2 cm thick. Place it in a baking dish and make diagonal cuts at intervals of 4 cm. Brush the dough with beaten egg. Sprinkle the […]

Dough:  ½ l buckwheat flour   ½ l of salted boiling water   2 tablespoons of warm milk   3 dag of yeast   ¾ l soft white flour (8 dag butter can be added if desired) Beat the buckwheat flour with salted boiling water in the bowl and mix with the cooking hob to cool slightly. Add yeast, […]

Dandelion salad with bacon and egg recipe

Bela krajina filling (“fuline”) is a typical Easter dish from Bela krajina. “Fuline” was also often prepared as a side dish when the farm workers were busy in the fields or in the vineyards. It can be served as a separate dish with a fresh seasonal salad. It can also be used as a stuffing […]

Belokranjec (or White Carniolan) is a wine made from high-quality white grape varieties. The primary grape varieties from which the wine is made are Italian Riesling and Kraljevina (Grau Portugiser), which constitute at least half of the total quantity of grapes used. The remaining share consists of Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Sylvaner, Rhine Riesling, […]

Wine tastings are offered by many winegrowers, in temples, vineyard cottages and wineries in Dolenjska. Winery Rotovž, +386 (0)31 606 777 Arret Wines, +386(0) 31 226 820 Vinska klet Colnar, +386 31 288 724 Vinska fontana Izvir Cvička, +386 31 342 343 Vinoteka Otilija, +386 (0)41 975 213  Marko Cvelbar, +386 (0)7 30 75 633, +386 (0)7 30 75 […]

Modern culinary and gastronomic efforts are returning to the seasons, local and regional foods, which are the result of the economic efforts of local providers. All of these efforts help shaping trends in the field of sustainability and sustainable development. This is why the rich variety of foods and nutritional products under the joint brand […]

The cereal sausage called jaglača or mastenica is a semi-durable smoked sausage. It is made from a large intestine filled with millet porridge and pieces of prata (netted roast pork) and the finer pieces of pork. It is usually up to 50cm long, smoked and cooked. They used to serve it with sauerkraut or sour […]

Bean struklji are a main or side dish made from strudel dough and filled with mashed beans, eggs, sour cream and spices. Ingridients for the dough: 250 g of flour 1 egg 20 g of oil sol Ingridients for bean filling: 600 g of peeled young beans 100 g sour cream 2 eggs sol black […]

“Matevž ” is a delicious dish made from cooked potatoes and beans. The inhabitants of the Dolenjska region also refer to this dish as “the potato man”. In the old days, this dish was prepared in the late autumn and in the winter time together with sauerkraut, sour turnips and during holidays , together with […]

Ribnčan is a local type of brown bean. Due to its taste and quality, it was also known and loved abroad. It goes very well with sour turnip or sauerkraut.

Ingridients: 1 smaller pig head 4 pork legs 2 pcs of turnips 0.5 kg of pork kidneys 0.5 kg of pork hearts 0.5 kg of soup vegetables (carrots, celery, leeks, onions, parsley) 0.1 kg of garlic sol whole pepper Bay leaves carnations Preparation: In a large pot, place the pork head, legs, tail, soup vegetables […]

Ingridients: medium-sized lamb or suckling pig (15 kg) sol pepper oil Preparation: Salt and pepper the meat. If we roast it on a spit, leave it whole. If we bake it in a bread oven, we cut it up. Bake on a spit for about 3 hours, in the bread oven a little less. In […]

Ingridients: Dough 0.2 kg of flour 0.02 l of olive oil 0.12 l of lukewarm water Stuffing: 0.1 kg of crushed curd 0.2 kg of overheated cream 1 egg 0.05 kg of sugar 0.1 kg of butter 0.05 kg of crumbs Preparation: Prepare a drawn dough from the ingredients, coat it with oil and cover […]

Ingridients:     1 whole duck 0.05 kg of honey 0.2 kg of apples sol olive oil Preparation: Sprinkle the duck with salt and stuff with the whole apple. Oil and place in a preheated oven at 130 ° C for 1 hour. After one hour, pour honey over it and bake at the same temperature for […]

The traditional cuisine of Dolenjska was certainly influenced by the neighbouring countries and their traditional dishes.