Zagorski Å¡trukli or Å¡truklji () is a popular traditional
Croatia
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n dish served in households across
Hrvatsko Zagorje
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and
Zagreb
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regions in the north of the country, composed of dough and various types of filling which can be either boiled or baked. It is closely related to
Å¡truklji
Å truklji is a traditional Slovene dish, composed of dough and various types of filling. The dish comes in the form of rolled dumplings, which can be steamed, boiled, or baked, and can have a wide range of fillings. Å truklji has been traditiona ...
, a traditional Slovene dish.
Preparation
The preparations are the same for both boiled and baked types of Å¡trukli. Pastry is rolled out flat and very thin, to cover the table top. A mixture of
cottage cheese
Cottage cheese is a curdled milk product with a mild flavour and a creamy, heterogeneous, soupy texture, made from skimmed milk. An essential step in the manufacturing process distinguishing cottage cheese from other fresh cheeses is the additio ...
with eggs,
sour cream
Sour cream (sometimes known as soured cream in British English) is a dairy product obtained by fermenting regular cream with certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. The bacterial culture, which is introduced either deliberately or naturall ...
and salt is spread thinly over the pastry. Then the pastry is rolled lengthwise from both sides into two joined rolls, and finally cut into 10–20 cm long pieces.
For baked Å¡trukli, the pieces are then placed into a baking tray, generously covered in clotted cream, and baked for roughly 45 minutes, until slightly brown on top.
For boiled Å¡trukli, the pieces are placed into a pot of boiling water. Onion and
parsley
Parsley, or garden parsley (''Petroselinum crispum''), is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to Greece, Morocco and the former Yugoslavia. It has been introduced and naturalisation (biology), naturalized in Eur ...
are fried separately until slightly brown, and then added into the pot. The Å¡trukli are then cooked for roughly 20 minutes.
Cultural heritage
In 2007, Zagorski Å¡trukli was added to the list of Croatia's intangible cultural heritage maintained by Croatia's
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See also
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Croatian cuisine
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References
External links
"Zagorski domaći štrukli"at the Croatian Food Agency website
Croatian cuisine
Cheese dishes
Croatian desserts
National dishes
Hrvatsko zagorje
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