Czech/Slovak RECIPES

I found this wonderful recipe on Facebook so whoever posted it – thank you! Pribinacek is a name of a Czech yogurt which every Czech (and Slovak) soul grew up on; it has an unforgettable WONDERFUL, unique taste and it is absolutely irreplaceable. The only thing that I found remotely close in taste is the Trade Joe’s yogurt, which is called Vanilla & Cream.

Here is the recipe in English (the picture has it already in Slovak language):

Ingredients:

• 500 g of Farmer’s cheese
• 1/2 liter of  heavy whipping cream
• 4 vanilla sugars (2 – 4 Tbs of vanilla extract)
• 1/2 cup  of sugar (if you have not used vanilla sugar)
• 3 Tbs of sugar (if you have used vanilla sugar)

Method: 

1. Put Farmers cheese, heavy whipping cream, and sugar to a big bowl
2. Use electronic mixer and whip the mixture until it thickens (it takes only a few minutes)
3. Done!

A couple of days ago I baked a traditional sweet bread called Mazanec (a Butter bread). As the name suggests it is not one of your diet meals – it is high in fat and high in cholesterol. But the good part is that if you make this bread you will be continuing a tradition that is at least 6 centuries old! The Czechs either bake it on New Years or on Easter (hence the cross in the middle which signifies Jesus’s crucifixion).

The New Year’s tradition is a little more interesting because you get to mix a real money coin in the dough and bake it with it. The tradition says that whoever gets the slice which has the coin in it will be rich for the rest of the year. I baked it just a couple of days ago, almost 3/4 of the loaf is gone and still no sign of the coin . [click to continue…]