Food of Slovakia
Slovak food is hearty and rooted in mountain farming: potato dumplings, sheep cheese, sauerkraut, smoked meat and cabbage. Dishes are filling and comforting, with sour cream and bacon. Soups and baked pastries are a staple for family meals.
Bryndzove halusky
Potato dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon.
- Main dishes (10)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (4)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (5)
- Drinks (3)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- potatoes
- sheep cheese
- cabbage
- pork
- flour
- sour cream
- bacon
- mushrooms
Signature flavors
- caraway
- paprika
- garlic
- marjoram
- dill
- black pepper
Main dishes
Potato dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon.
Key ingredients: potatoes, flour, bryndza, bacon
Dumplings with sauerkraut and bacon.
Key ingredients: potato dumplings, sauerkraut, bacon
Filled dumplings.
Key ingredients: dough, potato, cheeseFull guide →
Sauerkraut soup with sausage and mushrooms.
Key ingredients: sauerkraut, sausage, mushrooms
Slovak goulash.
Key ingredients: beef, paprikaFull guide →
Breaded cutlet.
Key ingredients: pork, breadcrumbsFull guide →
Potato flatbreads with goose fat or poppy seeds.
Key ingredients: potatoes, flourPork stew with sauerkraut.
Key ingredients: pork, sauerkraut
Cheese dumplings.
Key ingredients: dough, sheep cheese
Crisp potato pancakes.
Key ingredients: potatoes, garlicBreakfast
Bread with butter and radishes.
Key ingredients: bread, butterEggs with sausage.
Key ingredients: eggs, sausage
Crepes with jam.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, milkStreet food
Fried dough with cheese.
Key ingredients: dough, cheese, garlicFull guide →Sausage in a roll.
Key ingredients: sausage, roll
Sweet spiral pastry.
Key ingredients: dough, sugarFull guide →Soups
Sauerkraut soup.
Key ingredients: sauerkraut, sausageGarlic soup.
Key ingredients: garlic, potatoes, croutonsMushroom soup.
Key ingredients: mushrooms, creamBean soup.
Key ingredients: beans, smoked meatSalads
Potato salad.
Key ingredients: potatoes, pickles, mayonnaiseFull guide →Cucumber salad.
Key ingredients: cucumber, vinegarCabbage salad.
Key ingredients: cabbage, vinegarBreads
Dark caraway bread.
Key ingredients: rye flour, carawaySavory potato bread.
Key ingredients: potatoes, flourDesserts and sweets
Poppy seed cake.
Key ingredients: poppy seed, flourSmall baked balls with poppy seed.
Key ingredients: flour, poppy seed, honeyWalnut roll.
Key ingredients: walnuts, flour
Steamed sweet buns with jam.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast, jam
Honey layer cake.
Key ingredients: honey, sour creamFull guide →Drinks
Herbal cola.
Key ingredients: herbs, sparkling waterRaspberry soda.
Key ingredients: raspberry, sparkling waterCoffee.
Key ingredients: coffeeFruits and produce
For jam.
Key ingredients: jam
Orchard fruit.
Key ingredients: baking
Wild raspberries.
Key ingredients: syrup
Forest mushrooms.
Key ingredients: soups
Sweet cherries.
Key ingredients: cakesDish guides from Slovakia
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Bryndzové halušky so slaninou: Gregory finster, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Strapačky: Maciarka, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pierogi z masłem - 2023.03.31: Aw58, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Капустница: Nicolai Fechin, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gulyas080: Lily15, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wiener-Schnitzel02: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lokse: Maciarka, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Korean potato pancake-Gamjajeon-02: by ~Nisa at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pfannkuchen mit Zucker: Jan Homann, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Langos Eger Hungary: sikeri, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kürtőskalács2011: Cyril5555, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Potato salad (1): SajjadF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Buchteln: Gerhard Juengling at de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Honey cake Medovik: insatiablemunch @ Flickr ; cropped by Off-shell, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sklenice Kofola: Martin Strachoň, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plums African Rose - whole, halved and slice: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Raspberry - halved (Rubus idaeus): Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sparrige Schüppling (Pholiota squarrosa): Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cherry season (48216568227): spurekar, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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