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Idrijski Žlikrofi

Name: Idrijski Žlikrofi
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Slovenia
Ingredients: 250g All-purpose flour; 2 Egg; 50ml Water; 3 Potato; 60g Bacon; 1/2 Onion; 3 Green Onion; 1/2 tsp Dried mint; 40g Butter; 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Potato and bacon filling folded into little 'hats' and boiled — the famous small dumplings of Idrija, Slovenia.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Idrijski žlikrofi are a regional dish of Idrija, a town that prospered from mercury mining: a filling of potato, onion, bacon, and herbs is wrapped in thin dough and shaped into distinctive little hats. They were the first Slovenian dish registered as an EU traditional specialty and are eaten with bakalca, a lamb sauce, or melted butter.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an eatery in the mountain town of Idrija, little hat-shaped dumplings are plated and topped with melted butter and breadcrumbs.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

All-purpose flour 250g
Egg 2
Water 50ml
Potato 3
Bacon 60g
Onion 1/2
Green Onion 3
Dried mint 1/2 tsp
Butter 40g
Breadcrumbs 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the flour, egg, water, and a pinch of salt and rest 30 minutes.
Boil and mash the potatoes, mix with fried chopped bacon and onion, green onion, mint, salt, and pepper, and roll into small balls.
Roll the dough thin, set the filling at intervals, cover with dough, press around each, and cut into rounds.
Fold the edges and press the center with your finger into a little hat shape.
Boil in salted water for 5 minutes after they float and top with breadcrumbs toasted in butter.

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