Upper Carniola, Slovenia
Posmodula
Posmodula is a Kranj-area snack of baked dough topped with a savoury cheese or crackling mixture.
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Potica
Thin-rolled yeast dough spread with a filling — most often ground walnuts beaten with cream and honey — coiled into a ring tin and baked. Counted in dozens of regional fillings: tarragon, poppy seed, cracklings, cottage cheese.
Carinthia (Slovenia), Slovenia
Povitnek
Povitnek is a Carinthian rolled pastry with a thin dough wrapped around a sweet or curd filling.
Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia
Poštóklja
Poštóklja is a Kobarid vegetable dish built from seasonal greens and potatoes cooked into a rustic mash.
Styria (Slovenia), Slovenia
Pražene gobe z jajci
Pražene gobe z jajci are Styria mushrooms sautéed with onion and folded through softly set eggs.
Upper Carniola, Slovenia
Prekmaš
Prekmaš is a Kamnik-area stew of beans, vegetables and smoked meat simmered until thick and hearty.
Prekmurje, Slovenia
Prekmurska Gibanica
Protected layered cake from Prekmurje: filo alternating with poppy seed, walnut, apple and cottage cheese fillings, nine layers deep, baked and cut into squares.
Slovenia
Prežganka
Flour browned in fat and whisked into boiling water with caraway, then finished with a beaten egg — a soup made from nothing, eaten for breakfast or after illness.
Slovenia
Prleška Tünka
Pork shoulder and belly salted, cooked and buried in its own lard in a wooden tub, keeping through the year without refrigeration.
Slovenia
Radenska
Naturally carbonated, strongly mineral water from Radenci in the northeast, sold under three red hearts since the 1800s.
Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia
Rebula
White grape of the Goriška Brda hills, made both fresh and, increasingly, in long skin contact in amphorae, turning it orange and tannic.
Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia
Refošk
Refošk is a dark red wine from the Slovene Littoral, bought and served as a dry table wine.
Slovenia
Ričet
Pearl barley cooked slowly with beans, root vegetables and a piece of smoked pork or klobasa until it thickens into a spoon-standing pot.
Slovenia
Sireki
Sireki are Slovene Hills fresh-cheese rounds seasoned with herbs and matured until their texture firms.
Slovenia
Slivovka
Slivovka is Slovenian plum brandy distilled from fermented plums into a clear, aromatic spirit.
Slovenia
Slovenian Gnocchi
Krompirjevi njoki
Potato dumplings rolled small and served with goulash sauce or, in the sweet version, with breadcrumbs and cinnamon around a plum.
Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia
Slovenian Istrian Olive Oil
Ekstra deviško oljčno olje Slovenske Istre
Protected extra virgin oil from Istrian belica olives grown on the terraces behind Koper and Izola — grassy, bitter and notably peppery.
Slovenia
Solčavski sirnek
Solčavski sirnek is a fermented cheese from Solčava, made from curd and matured into a tangy spreadable form.
Slovenia
Sour Turnip
Kisla repa
Turnip shredded into long threads and fermented in barrels through the autumn, sour and crunchy — the Slovenian answer to sauerkraut.
Slovenia
Soča Trout
Soška postrv
Marble trout from the Soča river, protected and farmed for the table, pan-fried or baked whole with butter and herbs.
Prekmurje, Slovenia
Spehovka
Spehovka is a Prekmurje savoury pastry filled with lard and onion, baked into a flaky roll or slice.
Prekmurje, Slovenia
Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil
Štajersko prekmursko bučno olje
Almost-black oil pressed from roasted hulless pumpkin seeds, protected by origin, poured over salad, potato and even vanilla ice cream.
Istria, Croatia
Teran Wine
Teran
Red wine from Istria, similar to Italian Refosco, high acidity and iron-rich red soil give distinctive character, earthy and tannic.
Slovenia
Tolminc
Protected raw cow's milk cheese from the Tolmin valleys, pressed into flat wheels and matured at least two months into a firm, faintly sweet paste.
Slovenia
Trnič
Salted, dried curd cheese shaped into a small breast-like cone and decorated with carved wooden stamps, made only by herders on Velika Planina.
Slovenia
Trojane Doughnuts
Trojanski krofi
Outsized jam doughnuts sold at the pass at Trojane, the compulsory stop on the old road between Ljubljana and Celje.
Slovenia
Tropinovec
Tropinovec, Slovenian grape-pomace brandy distilled from the pressed skins and seeds left after winemaking.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Union
Ljubljana's lager, brewed since 1864 at the brewery still standing in the middle of the city, and the standing rival to Laško.
Slovenia
Viljamovka
Williams pear brandy, sometimes bottled with a whole pear grown inside the bottle on the tree.
Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia
Zaseka
Bacon and pork fat minced with garlic and salt into a coarse, spreadable lard eaten on black bread with raw onion.
Slovenia
Zelen
White grape grown almost nowhere outside the Vipava valley, made dry with green pear, herb and a saline finish.
Slovenia
Zgornjesavinjski Želodec
Upper Savinja Valley speciality: coarse pork and bacon seasoned with garlic and pepper, packed into a flattened casing and air-dried for months.
Slovenia
Zlevanka
Zlevanka is a Slovenian baked cake of buckwheat or millet batter, lightly sweetened and cut into squares.
Sarajevo, Kosovo
Ćevapi
Sarajevski ćevapi
Small skinless sausages made of minced meat (beef, lamb, pork), grilled and served with flatbread and onions, popular street food.
Slovenia
Čompe
A simple Slovenian dish of boiled potatoes topped with pork cracklings (ocvirki) and melted butter or fat, from the Trenta and Soča valley region.
Slovenia
Šarkelj
Šarkelj is a Slovenian ring cake with a tender crumb, often marbled or lightly spiced and baked in a mould.