Dumplings
Bryndzové Halušky
Central Slovakia, Slovakia
Small potato-dough dumplings pushed through a board into boiling water, folded through bryndza until it melts into a sauce, and topped with fried bacon and its fat.
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What it is
A closer look at Bryndzové Halušky.
Small potato-dough dumplings pushed through a board into boiling water, folded through bryndza until it melts into a sauce, and topped with fried bacon and its fat.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
The bryndza must be stirred in off the heat or it splits. Judge the dumplings: irregular, soft and slightly gluey is right, uniform machine-made ones are not.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
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