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Štrukli

Name: Štrukli
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Croatia
Ingredients: 250g Bread flour; 3 Egg; 100ml Water; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 400g Cottage Cheese; 150g Sour cream; 200ml Heavy Cream; 30g Butter

Main Dish

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Thin dough wrapped around cottage cheese, boiled, then baked with cream — a specialty of the Zagreb region.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Štrukli are a traditional dish of Zagorje and Zagreb in northwest Croatia: thin dough is wrapped around a filling of fresh cheese and egg and either boiled or baked. They were registered as Croatian intangible cultural heritage in 2007. The baked 'pečeni' version, covered with cream, is prized for its golden crust and the tang of the cheese.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a long-established Zagreb restaurant, fresh baked štrukli arrive in a ceramic dish with the cream still bubbling.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Bread flour 250g
Egg 3
Water 100ml
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Cottage Cheese 400g
Sour cream 150g
Heavy Cream 200ml
Butter 30g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the bread flour, 1 egg, water, oil, and salt, coat with oil, and rest 30 minutes.
Mix the cottage cheese, 2 eggs, sour cream, and a pinch of salt for the filling.
Stretch the dough on a cloth with the backs of your hands until translucent and spread the filling thinly.
Roll up by lifting the cloth and press-cut into 8cm lengths with the edge of a plate.
Boil in salted water for 10 minutes and arrange in a buttered ovenproof dish.
Pour over the cream and bake at 200°C for 20 minutes until browned.

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