Mlinci is a dish in Croatian, Serbian and

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. It is a thin dried flatbread that is easy to prepare by simply pouring boiled salted water or soup over the ''mlinci''. To prepare homemade ''mlinci'', a

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is made of flour, salt, and water, sometimes also with eggs and fat. The dough is then rolled out about 1 mm thick and 20 to 30 cm wide, and baked in an oven or on a hot plate. Later it is broken into pieces about 5 cm in size before final preparation with hot water or soup. Before serving, ''mlinci'' can also be quickly fried in poultry fat. Turkey with ''mlinci'' is a Croatian

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-cuisine specialty, especially in

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and

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. In Slovenia, duck or goose with ''mlinci'' is traditionally eaten on

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. In

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, they are usually prepared in the province of

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, where they are served with a pork or chicken

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in smetana sauce. ''Mlinci'' can also be served by soaking the dried pieces in the drippings from roast meats. The roast meat is removed from the pan and the broken pieces are placed in the fat in the tray, and then baked for a short amount of time. The ''mlinci'' is then served as a side dish accompanying the main roast.

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Traditional Croatian ''mlinci'' with turkey recipe

Vojvodjanski ''mlinci'' with pork fillet

Duck with Croatian ''mlinci'' and cucumbers in sour cream recipe

Turkey with homemade 'mlinci'-demonstration
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