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What are bryndza halušky?
Potato dumplings coated in bryndza, a soft salty sheep's cheese, and topped with fried bacon. Slovakia's national dish — filling and ready in no time.
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Slovak food tastes like home — hearty, honest, and full of bryndza. Find bryndza halušky with bacon and crackling, fragrant Christmas kapustnica cabbage soup, and sweet or savoury lokše. Food that easily feeds the whole family — start cooking here.
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How is Slovak food different from Czech?
It's close, but leans more on bryndza and sheep's cheese. Halušky, kapustnica, and lokše all come from here — hearty, simple dishes that taste like home.
What is kapustnica?
A thick sauerkraut soup with sausage, dried mushrooms, and cream. In Slovakia it belongs to Christmas Eve, but it warms you all winter long.
What are lokše?
Thin potato flatbreads dry-baked in a pan. Brush the savoury ones with lard and serve them with roast goose; fill the sweet ones with poppy seeds or plum jam.
What can I use instead of bryndza?
The closest match is another soft sheep's cheese, or feta blended with a spoonful of sour cream or curd cheese. Real bryndza is worth hunting down, though — bigger supermarkets and farmers' markets often carry it.