Pagáče
The crackling scone of Slovakia: small, flaky biscuits made with pork cracklings (oškvarky), served warm with soups, wine and every village celebration. Ingredients: flour, pork cracklings (ground), lard, eggs, sour cream or milk, yeast or baking powder, salt, caraway, egg wash.
What it is
The crackling scone of Slovakia: small, flaky biscuits made with pork cracklings (oškvarky), served warm with soups, wine and every village celebration. Ingredients: flour, pork cracklings (ground), lard, eggs, sour cream or milk, yeast or baking powder, salt, caraway, egg wash. Recipe: 1) Grind cracklings fine. 2) Rub into flour with lard; add eggs, cream and leavening. 3) Fold and rest the dough several times for layers. 4) Cut small rounds; score the tops in a lattice; bake golden. Serve: warm, with kapustnica or a glass of wine; also sweet versions with jam for weddings. Flavor: porky, flaky, moreish. History: pagáče (from Latin panis focacius via Hungarian pogácsa) are the shared biscuit of the Carpathian basin; Slovakia's crackling version is the festive one. See also: Kapustnica, Lokše.
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