The Slovak cooking is rich, we can taste many different dishes from European gastronomy and also many popular dishes from Slovak gastronomy. Most of these dishes are cooking for hundreds years in Slovak household. Cook in Slovakia can change from a region to another.
Potatoes, cabbages and pork are part of many Slovak dishes. There are many type of soup, boiled or stewed vegetables, roasted or smoked meat. The most popular dish is the Bryndzové halušky.
The Bryndzové halušky
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They have an excellent sheep’s cheese named “Bryndza”, Slovakia is the only EU member allowed to export this famous cheese. They also eats crepe or potato galette, they usually stuff these with minced meat with paprika named “Zemiaková placka”
The Zemiaková placka
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Eating soups is regular for start a meal. The name of the soup depend on the principal ingredient. Cabbage, potato, bean, mushrooms and lentil with sausage or smoked meat. They most of the time eating soup in the mountains or in the country. The most famous soup is named Kapustnica.
The Kapustnica
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There are also many desserts, the most famous sugary cakes are :
The Bábovka The trúdla
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In my opinion, Slovak gastronomy is very rich, the salty specialities are very delicious and copious. The sweet specialities are really different than french desserts, at first it can be very difficult to enjoy but I really apreciate some of them. The most known drink is the Kofola, it looks like coca cola but it’s very different taste, the Kofola is number one before the coca cola.
The Kofola
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