Sztrapacska – Halušky Noodles
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Servings
4
Cook Time
60 minutes
Sztrapacska or Halušky is Slovakia's national dish. The traditional noodles are served with bryndza sheep 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.
Ingredients
- 300g potatoes
- 200g flour
- 200g sour cream
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100g pancetta bacon
- 100g sheep's cheese (bryndza, pecorino romano or feta)
- 3 eggs
- salt
Directions
- Dice the smoked bacon and fry until crispy in a pan. Remove the bacon bits and set the rendered fat aside.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
