TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS DISHES IN CROATIA

Traditional Christmas Dishes in Croatia

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
SRETAN BOŽIĆ!

The Main Dish - Turkey with ''Mlinci''

Ingredients:
1 turkey (3.5-4 kg)
1 kg of flour
5 eggs
Water
Salt

Preparation of ''mlinci'' (a kind of flatbread):
Knead the dough from flour, eggs, water and a little salt.

The dough is divided into several balls, and a flatbread is rolled out of each ball. Each flatbread is baked separately in the oven at 175 ° C until golden brown. Finished flatbreads are broken into smaller pieces and boiled in boiling, salted water. Leave them in the water for a few minutes until they soften, then strain them, put them in a bowl and season with roasting fat (from turkey) and salt as desired.

Preparation of turkey: Turkey is cleaned, washed, dried and salted inside and out.
Place it in a preheated oven at 175 ° C and bake for 3-4 hours until golden brown.

OREHNJAČA, also called gibanica in Turopolje (WALNUT ROLLS)

Ingredients:
6 dcl of milk
6 tablespoons of sugar
6 tablespoons of oil
6 tbsp of cream
2 tablespoons of rum
Lemon peel
A bit of salt
30 grams of yeast
flour

Walnut stuffing: 40 dag walnuts (ground), 15 dag sugar, 10 dag raisins, 2 dl milk, lemon peel. Overflow the nuts and other ingredients with hot milk and spread over the dough.

In a larger bowl, sift flour; add milk, oil, sugar, rum, egg yolks, lemon zest, salt and yeast. Mix and toss everything with wooden spoon until it separates from the pan. Cover with a cloth and keep warm. When the dough is lifted, beat it and lift it again. When it has reached the double volume, roll it all over to a dusted base, roll it to the thickness of the finger, spread it with stuffing, roll, put in a greased baking pan and let it rise for a while. Coat it with the whole egg and place in the oven.

How to make a dough?