Slovenian CuisineTraditional and Contemporary Food DishesThere are so many different features of the Slovenian cuisine it's quite difficult to generalize and talk about this diversity of food as a whole.Due to the geographical location of Slovenia the typical dishes are influenced by its neighboring countries of Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy and for this reason the foods you find in the Alpine areas of the country are quite different to those enjoyed in the coastal regions. There are twenty four distinguished gastronomic regions in Slovenia and here are some of the most well known ones. - Ljubljana and the surrounding district - Bela krajina - Dolenjska - Gorenjska - Koroska - Maribor and the surrounding district - Notranjska - Posavje - Prekmurje - Rovtarsko - Slovenske Gorice - Zasavje Slow Food MealsA regular dining tradition in Slovenia is what is referred to as the "slow food movement", a style of eating which reached Slovenia in 1995.Typically "slow food" meals are eaten in private dwellings or in restaurants amongst friends and family groups. They usually consist of around eight or more courses of local produce prepared and cooked to old style recipes which are devoured at a gentle pace and accompanied by different kinds of wines. Prefer Rural Areas for typical Slovenian CuisineAlthough you will find an increasingly interesting choice of international dishes within the restaurants and taverns (known as "gostilne") of Slovenia where people with busy lifestyles can opt for a quick and favorably priced choice from the menu, examples of typical Slovenian cuisine can be discovered in the smaller rural environments where food is still prepared in the same way as it was many years ago.Traditional Slovene CuisineAs far as traditional cuisine is concerned two of the primary aspects are naturalness and authenticity.Meals like those of dried Kras meat such as Kras prosciutto, meat and fish specialties, sophisticated dishes from Mediterranean, the very healthy buckwheat mash and hard-boiled corn mush, polenta, potice (which is a kind of pastry), štrukli (a dough filled with boiled cheese), Kranj sausages, zlikrofi (a Slovene-styled ravioli), turnip and sauerkraut, buckwheat and mushroom dishes, pogace (which are flat round cakes) as well as the traditional layered cake known as prekmurska gibanica really need no further explanation - they simply are what they say they are. Contemporary Slovene CuisineContemporary Slovene cuisine has managed to hold on to its own identity as well as widening its horizons at the same time. There are many kinds of "kruhi" (breads) to choose from such as carob, corn, fruit, potato, rye, half wholemeal, wholemeal, wholewheat flour, bread with seeds, and gluten free bread.
Slovenian cuisine respects the environmentThere are also many Mediterranean meat and fish dishes and recipes involving mushrooms, wood berries, štrukli, potice and gibanica (as mentioned earlier), along with gnocchi and other kinds of pasta, steaks, goulashes, carpaccio, escargots, frogs, game and horsemeat dishes which all make up the contemporary cuisine choices of Slovenia.As well as this there are many ecological estates producing products by using agro technical measures which respect the environment and these foodstuffs are now commonly used to prepare some of the most popular dishes you will find in Slovenia. back from "Slovenian Cuisine" page to Slovenia Food Overview back from "this" page to All Slovenia Holidays |
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