Slovenian Cuisine - Protected Foodstuffs and Food Products

Protected Foodstuffs and Food Products

As of July 2012, thirteen Slovenian foods and food products are protected at the European level:

• prleška tünka, a product from Prlekija in eastern Slovenia, made of minced lard and pork.
• Ptuj onion (ptujski lük), a sort of onion of a cordate shape, with red inspiration, whereas the edge has a more intensive purple hue.
• extra virgin olive oil from the Slovenian Istria (ekstra deviško oljčno olje Slovenske Istre), a little bitter and spicy oil with a strong fruit aroma, produced in the Slovenian Istria, contains a large amount of oleic acid and biphenols.
• Nanos cheese (nanoški sir), made of cow milk, hard, with small holes in the size of peas, a little sweet and spicy.
• Kočevje forest honey (kočevski gozdni med), produced in the wider Kočevje area.
• zgornjesavinjski želodec, an air-dried meat product from the Upper Savinja Valley, made of high-quality bacon and pork meat, filled in pig stomach.
• šebreljski želodec, produced in the areas around Cerkno and Idrija, made of high-quality bacon and pork meat, filled in pig stomach.
• Idrija žlikrofi (idrijski žlikrofi), small boiled dumplings filled with potatoes, onions, and lards.
• prekmurska gibanica, a pastry from Prekmurje, made of eight layers, contains poppy seeds, walnuts, apples, raisins, and ricotta fillings.
• Tolminc cheese (sir Tolminc), made of raw cow milk in the area of Tolmin, tastes sweet and spicy.
• White Carniola loaf (belokranjska pogača), a traditional flatbread from White Carniola.
• Karst prosciutto (kraški pršut), produced in the traditional way on the Karst plateau in southwestern Slovenia.
• Karst cured neck meat (kraški zašink), a cylindrically-shaped meat product from the cured pork neck meat in a casing