Roast poultry like turkey is a favourite Sunday meal. It is traditionally served with an unleavened bread that is boiled and tossed with a little fat from the roast turkey. Move over potatoes and make way for milinci!
Poultry in the Zagreb-Zagorje County is fresh, organic, non-GMO and very tasty. Turkey is a big favourite for big family gatherings like on Sundays or on holidays. If you drive to countryside, you will see them roaming free range.
Recipe and picture from the Zagreb Tourist Board website.
Ingredients for 8-10 persons:
1 cleaned turkey / 3-4 kg
For stuffing:
2 large rolls
150 ml of milk
2 eggs
1 onion
40 g softened butter
150 g turkey liver
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
30 g pure lard
As a side dish:
300 g mlinci (thin dried flatbread)
Also:
150g carrots
3 celery stalks
150 g celery root
1 onion
Salt and ground black pepper
Instructions:
*Cut buns into pieces, move to a suitable bowl and cover with milk. Add chopped liver, chopped parsley, chopped onions, butter, two eggs and season with pepper. Mix the ingredients well.
*After cleaning both the inside and outside surfaces of the turkey, season it with a mixture of salt and pepper and stuff it with the mixture of buns, liver and eggs. Grease the bottom of the baking dish, cover with chopped vegetables and place the stuffed turkey over them. Coat the turkey in lard, add water and bake for two and a half hours in an oven preheated to 220°C.
*Just before the turkey is done, break the mlinci (thin dried flatbread) into smaller chunks, salt them and pour boiling water over them. Leave to rest for a few minutes. When done, place the turkey on a cutting board and stray gravy. Cut the turkey in pieces. Drain the soft mlinci, overflow them with the gravy and stir.
*Serve hot together with stuffing of bread and turkey liver.
Milinci is a flatbread that is easily bought at the markets. Here is a picture of what it looks like if you wish to try this tasty dish.
If you wish to make them from scratch, here is a recipe that I found on Coolinarka.com.
For Mlinici:
350 g (12 oz) flour
Water
Salt
Instructions:
1. Prepare a dough from flour and lukewarm salted water. The dough should not be too firm in consistency. Knead well.
2. Divide the dough into 4 – 5 lumps. Roll each one out into a round shape, not too thin. Bake each piece separately over a hot grid in the oven.
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