Slovenian Food
In 2016 the leading slovenian ethnologists divided the country into 23 gastronomic regions.
Slovenian food. E shop with best traditional slovenian gastronomic products karst ham pumpkin oil wine. Furthermore slovenia has one of the richest beekeeping traditions in the world producing truly the best quality honey. Our kids even did pretty good at trying new foods in slovenia though they occasionally had to be bribed with treats after dinner for doing it. Slovenian food what to eat in slovenia we tried as many slovenian dishes during our trip as we could.
The truth is that traditional slovenian food is quite unknown and that is also a reason why ive decided to present it in this post. The lake bled cream cake is a must. Youll find austrian croatian italian and hungarian influences as well as some flavors from as far afield as turkey. Sauerkraut is something slovenians often eat yet its not always served in such a modern interpretation.
Via this guide to slovenian gastronomy i will help you get to know the rich culinary heritage and give you some ideas about what to eat in slovenia or ljubljana. It has a small coastal area in the southwest region which borders the adriatic sea. It was a real treat to try. Pork poultry potatoes vegetables mushrooms and dairy.
Slovenska kuhinja is influenced by the diversity of slovenias landscape climate history and neighbouring cultures. Slovenian food is difficult to put into a box because it is influenced so much by its neighbors. We had the sexiest sauerkraut ive ever eaten on our food tour with ljubljanayum. Just like in any country some were winners and some i could take or leave.
Dandelion is a popular salad ingredient in slovenia it have been picked for centuries. 15 the first slovene language cookbook was published by valentin vodnik in 1798. Plate of various sorts of slovenian cheese and meat. Products such as top quality cheeses and dairy products cured meat products high quality wines schnapps as well as honey.
Austria italy croatia and hungary. Its basis is cereals dairy products meat especially pork sea and fresh water fish vegetables beans olives and grape. Slovenia is located in central europe and shares boundaries with austria north hungary east croatia south and italy west. This makes for some interesting food.
Traditional slovenian food includes soups and stews and we support it. Lake bled cream cake. Traditional food of slovenia local cuisine is under a considerable influence of the neighbouring countries cuisines. You can get slovenian food and home made products in a market place and in specialised stores.