Croatian Cheese Noodles Food

CROATIAN CHEESE STRUKLI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Brush the bottom and sides of a 9 X 13 inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon melted butter.
• Pour flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 egg, 1 1/2 tablespoon melted butter, and 2/3 cup water in a stand mixer bowl. Attach the bread hook and mix on low for 5 minutes, until the ingredients come together into a smooth tacky ball. Let the mixer run another 2-3 minute to knead the dough. If it seems too dry (not sticky) add 1-2 additional tablespoons of water. Brush the remaining butter around the dough ball and on the sides of the bowl. Then cover with plastic and let the dough rest for at least 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a separate bowl mix the cottage cheese, sour cream, 1 1/2 cups shredded white cheddar, 4 eggs, thyme, garlic powder, nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper together.
• Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces. Lay one piece at a time on a clean work surface. Roll and stretch the dough into a 9 X 13 inch rectangle. (No need to flour the surface.) The dough should be thin enough to see light through it. Spread one-quarter of the cheese mixture over the dough. Then starting on a short end, gently fold the dough over 1 1/2 - 2 inches at a time, until it's rolled into a loose log. Carefully lift the log by the ends and lay it in the prepared baking dish.
• Repeat with the remaining dough and cheese mixture. Once four logs are arranged in the baking dish, gently cut each log into 4 equal pieces. Pour half-and-half over the top and sprinkle on the remaining shredded cheddar.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, until the tops are puffy and golden, even in the center of the pan. Cut and serve!

CROATIAN FLOUR NOODLES

Steps:

• Take a glass pot (for salad for example) and mix well flour and milk.
• Add eggs, melted (but not hot) butter, and salt. Mix until you get smooth dough.
• Using spoon make small noodles and cook them in boiling salt water.
• When ready, strain them and put in another pot and cover with melted butter. Eat warm.
• You can also put them into stews, soups, paprikas or goulash to cook until ready.

CROATIAN TRIPE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the sunflower oil. Add the onion, garlic, celery root, carrot, bell pepper and pancetta and sauté for 3 minutes or until they are soft.
• Add the tripe, sweet red paprika, tomato puree and bay leaf, stir.
• Add the beef broth, cover the pan and bring to the boil. Lower the flame and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
• Serve sprinkled with grated Parmesan cheese.

CROATIAN CHEESE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Make pancakes: mix milk, sugar, eggs and salt. If the mixture is too diluted add flour. Make pancakes and leave it until cool.
• Stuffing: mix well cheese, sour cream, yolks, sugar, and vanilla sugar.
• Soak raisins in plum brandy or rum until swell up (usually 2 hours). From egg white make "snow" and add into stuffing, and add raisins.
• Fill the pancakes and roll them making sure that stuffing won't get out.
• Put pancakes in baking pan you've cover bottom with butter, pour over 300 g sour cream and put them into oven on 200°C for 20 minutes.
• If you bake frozen pancakes make it 25 minutes. Take them out, wait 2-5 minutes to cool and eat.

CROATIAN CHEESE NOODLES

Steps:

• Cook the noodles.
• Cut pancetta into cubes. Cut onion into rolls. Fry them in a pan until pancetta is crispy and onion brown.
• Put noodles on serving bowl, sprinkle with fresh cheese and pancetta and onion. Serve it and eat it.