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Topic by Michal Bulla posted 209 days ago 518 views 0 times favorited 12 replies Add to Favorites Watch
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Michal Bulla

294 posts in 1164 days
hardiness zone 5

209 days ago

Topic tags/keywords: halusky potato dumplings with bryndza sheep cheese and bacon

Halušky (pronounced Ha-loosh-ky) is the Slovak national dish.

Ingredients:

  • 4-5 medium size potatoes, small diced & pureed
  • 4-6 cups of flour
  • 3 eggs
  • Halusky strainer
  • Large container
  • Large sauce pan
  • A strainer
  • Bryndza(cheese from sheep)I don’t know if you can get it in US or Canada, but you can use 1 package of Feta Cheese and 3/4 of a pack of cream cheese, and 3-4 tbsp of milk instead of that.
  • Bacon
  • Salt

Halusky Strainer
Halusky Strainer

Instructions:

  1. Peel potatoes and finely shred them.
  2. Add egg, flour and 1tbsp of salt. Make a dough that is not too tough but not to watery. You may use more or less flour or add a little bit of water if it is too tough.
  3. Boil water with 2 tbsp of salt.
  4. Use a spoon to press the dough through the Halusky strainer directly into the boiling water.
  5. When halusky are done they will float on top of the water, Pick them out with a strainer.
  6. Mix them with bryndza(if you use the cheese with milk, you should Heat everything together. Mix all the time. When it starts to boil, remove from the heat. Then mix with halusky)
  7. Cut up little pieces of bacon and fry them. Sprinkle the bacon on the halusky.

Enjoy!

Halusky

-- Michal, http://gardentenders.com

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MsDebbieP

8102 posts in 1148 days
hardiness zone 5b

209 days ago

sounds yummy.
I have a Spaetzle press—it looks to be similar to your strainer.
I’m definitely going to try this recipe!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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XploreOrganics

1370 posts in 1027 days
hardiness zone 5b

209 days ago

MMMM sort of like a potato pasta…yummy. Are there any variations to add anything with color? Tomatoes maybe?

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

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Bon

5154 posts in 928 days
hardiness zone 5a

209 days ago

Sounds delicious Michal.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

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Iris43

2184 posts in 778 days
hardiness zone 5a

209 days ago

M-m-m! That looks good enough to eat! Thanks for the recipe. I would like to try this, very different from my usual fare.

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Brad

101 posts in 384 days
hardiness zone 5

209 days ago

Sheep cheese?? I hope that’s not anything like “hog-head cheese”.!!! Lol….

It looks very delicious Michal, I would certainly love to try it!

-- Brad, http://www.container-gardening-for-you.com

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XploreOrganics

1370 posts in 1027 days
hardiness zone 5b

209 days ago

Sheep cheese is the best! Sheep milk is sweet and high in fat so it’s creamy. If you have problems with cow milk the sheep is a wonderful alternative to goat milk if you don’t like the “goaty” flavor.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

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Michal Bulla

294 posts in 1164 days
hardiness zone 5

209 days ago

XO: We use to have it with other types of cheese or sauerkraut. I haven’t tried it with tomatoes. Try it and let me know how was it :)

-- Michal, http://gardentenders.com

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jroot

3198 posts in 778 days
hardiness zone 5a

209 days ago

It almost sounds like spaetzle which I make frequently. I like the addition of the bacon and cheese. GOOD.

-- jroot

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XploreOrganics

1370 posts in 1027 days
hardiness zone 5b

209 days ago

I just found this: “To make bryndza from the feta cheese: wash the feta with water, grate and mix with butter”

http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sli/admin/slovcook.html

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

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Robin

2302 posts in 411 days
hardiness zone 5b

209 days ago

This recipe sounds delicious. I will definitely try making it.

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

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DavesYard

301 posts in 205 days
hardiness zone 5b

200 days ago

Almost like a re-engineered pierogi, which are soft potato shells stuffed with cheese and bacon

mmmm looks good

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Knothead62

14 posts in 105 days

93 days ago

Have to try it! My grandparents came from Austria-Hungary. Their part of Europe became Czechoslovakia after WWI. The closet thing I had for Slovak cooking were pierogi in the frozen food section. Walmart no longer carries them. Not much of a market in Tennessee, I guess. I am told that my grandmother made pierogi with mashed potatoes and onions. I guess you could make them in many different ways.
Michal, thanks for sharing.

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