After many months of trying, I finally managed a decent loaf of 100% whole wheat bread that is airy and not sandy. Here is the recipe. The ingredients are just whole-wheat flour, water, yeast, salt, and optional caraway seeds.| SlovakCooking.com
September 2016 was my first time traveling to Slovakia on business to attend the 6th International Conference on Plasma Medicine. After the conference, I spent another week visiting my dad and eating a lot of delicious food.| SlovakCooking.com
This Christmas day, I baked a cocoa flavored rum cake topped with a tart cherry cream. It turned out refreshing and juicy. Give it a try!| SlovakCooking.com
Plum jam is very important in Slovak cooking. It's used as the filling for kolache, buchty, and many other sweet treats. This is my experiment with making home made plum jam. It was actually made from prunes (dehydrated plums) and I found that it's much easier to bake the jam in the oven, than boil it on the stove.| SlovakCooking.com
Recipe for a popular Slovak dish: meat roll with hard boiled eggs in the middle. It's quite easy to make, you'll need ground pork, eggs, onions, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, and seasoning.| SlovakCooking.com
Recipe for one of my favorite dishes from my childhood: sweet fruit filled pierogi covered with toasted bread crumbs.| SlovakCooking.com
On my recent trip to Slovakia this past October, we visited the UNESCO World Heritage historical village of Vlkolínec. There I got a chance to try something I have never heard of before: a sauerkraut filled thin bread called meteník. This food was also news to my dad, but the lady working the shop confirmed […]| SlovakCooking.com
Griláž (or grilážky) are waffle cookies filled with a creamy caramel nut filling. They are a favorite of mine. You can make them at home without much effort.| SlovakCooking.com
Recipe for an easy traditional Slovak apple cake. It consists of a cinnamon apple filling between two layers of dough.| SlovakCooking.com
Thanksgiving tradition in the United States is a baked turkey stuffed with a bread-based stuffing. We instead decided to make a Thanksgiving meal with a Slovak twist: a baked trout stuffed with potatoes, onions, and spinach. It was delicious.| SlovakCooking.com
