Slovak Foods Recipes

Not a family recipe - replace with your grandma's 5 egg yolks 1 spoon of melted butter 1 spoon of icing sugar, 1 spoon of rum Stir the mixture until you create a foam, add 1 1/2 cup of milk, 1 spoon of yeast, dash of salt and enough of flour, so that the dough won't be too soft or too hard. After the dough rises, you roll it and cut to different shapes (most often round) and than we deep-fry them in pork lard or oil. Fried pampúšky are dried on paper towel and are covered with icing sugar. byVladimir Linder

The Slovak Christmas Eve dinner does not contain dairy or animal products because the day before the Feast of the Nativity is one of strict fast and spiritual preparation. Here are some foods likely to be served. Their appearance depends upon whether the family is Roman Catholic, Byzantine or Orthodox. Bandurky -- Potatoes, usually boiled, to which onions sauteed in oil have been added. Many families prepare potatoes that are mashed and mixed with peas or prunes. Bobalky -- Small balls of dough prepared with honey and poppy seeds or sauerkraut Borscht -- Beet soup sometimes prepared with cabbage Fasolji -- Prepared brown bean paste spread onto bread Garlic -- Eaten raw on the Christmas bread dipped in honey, intended to keep away the evil spirits Holuby -- Cabbage rolls stuffed with ground mushrooms and rice Hribi -- Mushrooms sauteed with onions in oil Kapusta i bandurky -- Sauerkraut mixed with grated potatoes Kasa -- Rice, sometimes served as a separate dish with zapraska or...