I am not very sure how to pronounce that either. In Slovenian, "Kruh" means bread and "kruhki" means little breads. Easter, in Slovenia, is called "Velica Noc", meaning great night. So that's what Velikonocni Kruhki means – Easter buns!
Despite that rather complicated looking name, these Easter buns are very easy to make. I found the recipe for them at the
Eastern European Food section on About.com.
These buns are made from slightly sweet yeasted dough and are described as somewhat like the hot cross buns without the decorative icing crosses. These buns are part of the Easter "zegen" basket which is blessed on Holy Saturday and eaten on the morning of Easter Sunday.
The zegen (or benediction) basket is an Easter tradition in many Eastern European countries, including Slovenia. Certain foods, including sweet bread, ham, egg and fruit, are put into a basket and covered with an embroidered cloth and taken to church on Holy Saturday ( a day of fasting) to be blessed. This blessed food is then given to every member of the family on Easter Sunday and the first food eaten that morning.
More on Slovenian cuisine can be found
here.
Most bread traditionally baked for Easter are usually rich (naturally as they are celebratory breads) and contain a lot of butter, sugar and eggs. Apart from the fact that these Slovenian buns are very easy to make, I chose them because they do not require eggs and they contain my favourite spice – cardamom
I followed the
original recipe but halved it to make 6 buns. I didn't have candied citron and did not glaze my buns with egg yolk, but made no changes otherwise. I baked them at 180C for 30 minutes.
The cardamom in the buns ensures that your kitchen permeates with a wonderful aroma when the buns are baking. They are indeed not too sweet and very lightly flavoured and make for very nice breakfast bread, if you would like to make them during the rest of the year.
I am not too sure what these buns are served with, but I found that they are pretty good as they are or quite nice with cheddar cheese.
These Velikonocni Kruhki are my entry to
Zorra's BBD # 19 being hosted by
Cinzia of
Cindystar where the theme is "
Spring Country Breads".
These buns also go to
Zorra who is hosting
YeastSpotting this week.
I am not very sure how to pronounce that either. In Slovenian, "Kruh" means bread and "kruhki" means little breads. Easter, in Slovenia, is called "Velica Noc", meaning great night. So that's what Velikonocni Kruhki means – Easter buns!
Despite that rather complicated looking name, these Easter buns are very easy to make. I found the recipe for them at the Eastern European Food section on About.com.
These buns are made from slightly sweet yeasted dough and are described as somewhat like the hot cross buns without the decorative icing crosses. These buns are part of the Easter "zegen" basket which is blessed on Holy Saturday and eaten on the morning of Easter Sunday.
The zegen (or benediction) basket is an Easter tradition in many Eastern European countries, including Slovenia. Certain foods, including sweet bread, ham, egg and fruit, are put into a basket and covered with an embroidered cloth and taken to church on Holy Saturday ( a day of fasting) to be blessed. This blessed food is then given to every member of the family on Easter Sunday and the first food eaten that morning.
More on Slovenian cuisine can be found here.
Most bread traditionally baked for Easter are usually rich (naturally as they are celebratory breads) and contain a lot of butter, sugar and eggs. Apart from the fact that these Slovenian buns are very easy to make, I chose them because they do not require eggs and they contain my favourite spice – cardamom
I followed the original recipe but halved it to make 6 buns. I didn't have candied citron and did not glaze my buns with egg yolk, but made no changes otherwise. I baked them at 180C for 30 minutes.
The cardamom in the buns ensures that your kitchen permeates with a wonderful aroma when the buns are baking. They are indeed not too sweet and very lightly flavoured and make for very nice breakfast bread, if you would like to make them during the rest of the year.
I am not too sure what these buns are served with, but I found that they are pretty good as they are or quite nice with cheddar cheese.
These Velikonocni Kruhki are my entry to Zorra's BBD # 19 being hosted by Cinzia of Cindystar where the theme is " Spring Country Breads".
These buns also go to Zorra who is hosting YeastSpotting this week.