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Bryndzove halusky (Bryndza dumplings)
Probably every Slovak would mention this meal as the first
choice when asked to name a Slovak national meal.
Bryndza is a special cheese made out from sheep's milk.
It can be replaced by a cottage cheese made from cow's milk but then it cannot
be called Bryndzove halusky in Slovakia any more – it is Halusky s tvarohom (Dumplings
with cottage cheese).
Ingredients
2-3 of larger uncooked potatoes
fine whole wheat flour
salt
smoked bacon
Instructions
- peel and finely grate potatoes.
- add flour in order to make a dough or mixture which is not too
tough but not to watery. Some people add milk to the mixture
but it is not necessary to do so.
- add salt to taste.
- boil enough water with 2 tbsp of salt.
- then form the dumplings with a knife or teaspoon on with cold water washed
wooden plate and thrown them into the bubbling salted water.
(There is now special equipment now with which you can form halusky more
easily and which can be bought shops in Slovakia.)
- boil the dumplings a little.
- when the dumplings are done they will float on the surface of the water.
Pick them out with a strainer, rinse with cold water and mix with bryndza.
- cut up little pieces of smoked bacon and fry them. Then put the fried bacon
pieces on top of the meal.
People usually serve Bryndzove halusky with a cup of ordinary milk.
Probably every Slovak would mention this meal as the first
choice when asked to name a Slovak national meal.
