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Vyprážaný Syr

Name: Vyprážaný Syr
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Slovakia
Ingredients: 400g (1.5cm thick) Gouda Cheese; 4 tbsp All-purpose flour; 2 Egg; 80g Breadcrumbs; To taste Oil for frying; 5 tbsp Mayonnaise; 2 Cucumber pickles; 1/8 Onion; 3 Potato

Main Dish

⏱ 25 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Thick slices of cheese breaded and fried, served with tartar sauce — a popular Slovak menu item.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Vyprážaný syr is thick slices of Edam-type cheese coated in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and fried. It's crisp outside with meltingly soft cheese inside, a staple at Slovak and Czech canteens. It's eaten with fries and plenty of tartar sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a canteen in a Slovak town, students on lunch break dip golden fried cheese and fries into tartar sauce.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Gouda Cheese 400g (1.5cm thick)
All-purpose flour 4 tbsp
Egg 2
Breadcrumbs 80g
Oil for frying To taste
Mayonnaise 5 tbsp
Cucumber pickles 2
Onion 1/8
Potato 3

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the cheese into 4 palm-sized slabs 1.5cm thick.
Coat in flour, beaten egg, then breadcrumbs, then egg and breadcrumbs again for a double coating.
Fry in 180°C oil for 1 minute per side and remove as soon as golden.
Mix chopped pickles and onion with mayonnaise to make tartar sauce.
Serve with fried potatoes and tartar sauce.

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