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Zagorje štrukli (cheese pastry rolls)
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Zagorje štrukli (cheese pastry rolls)

zagorski štrukli

Paper-thin stretched dough rolled around fresh cheese and cream, then boiled or baked under cream.

Eaten in: Croatia

Prep
50 min
Cooking
40 min
Resting
30 min
Total
2 h
Servings
6

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About the dish

Štrukli come from north-western Croatia, especially the Zagorje region and the area around Zagreb. A dough of flour, water, egg and a little oil is stretched across a table so thin you can almost see through it, spread with a filling of fresh cheese, eggs and soured cream, rolled up and cut into pieces with the edge of a plate. Štrukli can be boiled in salted water and topped with buttered breadcrumbs, or baked under cream until the top turns golden. They are served as a starter, a main course or, in a sweet version, as dessert. The baked version is a particular favourite for Sunday lunch.

Main ingredients

  • wheat flour
  • fresh cheese
  • eggs
  • soured cream
  • single cream
  • butter

Croatia: From the Hrvatsko Zagorje hills north of Zagreb; in the capital they are on many restaurant menus.

More: Wikipedia (en)

Recipe

Zagorje štrukli (cheese pastry rolls)

https://foodmap.ominuvo.com/dish/zagorski-strukli

Ingredients

6 servings

6 servings

Method

  1. Knead the flour, water, egg, oil and salt into a smooth, elastic dough. Shape it into a ball, brush with oil, cover and leave for 30 minutes.

  2. Mash the cheese with a fork and mix it with the eggs, soured cream and a pinch of salt.

  3. Spread a tablecloth on the table and dust it with flour. Roll the dough out, then stretch it over the backs of your hands until paper-thin. Trim off the thick edges.

  4. Sprinkle the dough with melted butter and spread the filling over one half. Lifting the cloth, roll the dough up into a log.

  5. Cut the log into pieces about 8 cm long using the edge of a plate, which seals the ends. Arrange them in a greased ovenproof dish.

  6. Pour over the cream and bake at 200°C for about 35–40 minutes until golden and bubbling. Serve hot.

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