Sztrapacska – Halušky Noodles

Servings

4

Cook Time

60 minutes

Cuisine

Slovakian

Category

Main course

Sztrapacska recipe for making Halušky noodles. This traditional Slovakian dish is served with bryndza cheese and pancetta bacon for a comforting meal. You can substitute bryndza with grated Pecorino Romano, which brings the same intense sheep's cheese flavour, or a salty feta cheese.

Sztrapacska – Halušky Noodles

Ingredients

  • 300g potatoes 
  • 200g flour
  • 200g sour cream
  • 100g pancetta bacon

  • 100g sheep's cheese (bryndza, pecorino romano or feta)
  • 3 eggs
  • salt

Directions

  1. Dice the smoked bacon and fry until crispy in a pan. Remove the bacon bits and set the rendered fat aside.
  2. Peel the potatoes, grate them, and mix them with eggs, flour, and a pinch of salt to form the dough for the noodles. Add a little water if necessary.
  3. Boil a large pot of water. Pass the dough through a specialist dough grater, the back of a cheese grater, or a colander with large holes. Once the noodles rise to the top, remove them with a slotted spoon. Mix them with the bacon fat, the grated sheep's cheese and sour cream.

  4. Place in a greased fireproof bowl and bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the toasted bacon bits.