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🇸🇮 Traditional dishes from Slovenia

3 dishes people actually cook in Slovenia: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Jota

120 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Jota, a traditional dish from Slovenia

Savor the hearty flavors of this traditional Slovenian stew!

  • 500 g sauerkraut
  • 400 g potatoes
  • 300 g smoked pork
  • 300 g pork ribs
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 water

Potica

180 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Potica, a traditional dish from Slovenia

Indulge in this delightful Slovenian nut roll!

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 250 ml milk
  • 100 g butter
  • 100 g sugar
  • 10 g yeast
  • 200 g walnuts
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp salt

Struklji

90 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Struklji, a traditional dish from Slovenia

Delight in these soft, rolled dumplings filled with cheese!

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 200 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 300 g cottage cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 150 g sour cream
  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g bread crumbs

What do people eat in Slovenia?

The three dishes from Slovenia documented in Copper are Jota, Potica and Struklji. All-purpose flour and butter each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are boiled. One of the three needs an oven. Between them they use 21 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Slovenia?

The three recipes need 21 ingredients between them, of which 3 are shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Slovenia entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Slovenia take?

Struklji is the quickest at 90 minutes. Potica is the longest at 180 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 120 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Slovenia is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Slovenia here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Struklji is the shortest way in.

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