Gostilna Sestica ★ 4.0
Gostilna Sestica, an inn on Slovenska cesta 40 since 1776, serves pumpkin soup in a bread bowl with smoked cheese cream and roasted pumpkin seeds.
History
The Slovenia portal the-slovenia.com says the origin is a mystery, though the first žlikrofi are said to have been made over 150 years ago by a German mining family; the name resembles the German schlichtkrapfen, a slippery dumpling. The EU recognition in 2010 came about eight years after domestic traditional-product status. Idrija serves them with bakalca, a lamb and vegetable sauce. In Ljubljana, Gostilna Šestica lists them with Carniolan sausage and boletus sauce, Gostilna Sokol with a house ragu and Ja, pr' Lectar with pancetta, leek and cream.
Common allergens: Gluten
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 300g 00 flour plus extra for dusting
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Pinch of salt
- 500g floury potatoes
- 50g pork crackling or smoked bacon, finely chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp marjoram
- Salt and pepper
- 50g butter to finish
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
Method
- Combine flour, eggs, oil and salt. Knead 10 minutes to a smooth dough. Rest covered 30 minutes.
- Boil the potatoes whole in their skins until tender, about 25 minutes. Peel and pass through a ricer.
- Saute the onion and bacon in a little oil until soft. Combine with the riced potato, marjoram, salt and pepper.
- Roll the dough out very thin. Cut 6cm rounds. Place a small ball of filling in the centre of each round.
- Fold the round over, seal the edges, then press your fingertip into the top to create the characteristic hat shape with ears.
- Cook in salted boiling water 4 minutes. Drain. Toss in melted butter with chives, serve hot.
Tip from the editors. Seal the edges well before pressing the hat shape, or the filling escapes into the water.
Where to eat idrijski zlikrofi
Idrijski zlikrofi in Ljubljana
Gostilna Sokol ★ 4.0
Gostilna Sokol at Ciril-Metodov trg 18 serves traditional Slovenian dishes, in a place where the city and the countryside offer each other a hand.
Ja, pr' Lectar ★ 4.0
Ja, pr' Lectar at Mestni trg 19 has a shop inside the inn with Lectar products made in its own workshop in Radovljica and personalised gingerbread hearts.
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