{"id":7009,"date":"2017-04-15T16:39:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T16:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/?p=7009\/"},"modified":"2017-04-15T17:26:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T17:26:57","slug":"its-time-for-potica-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/its-time-for-potica-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time for Potica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper wpb_text_column td_block_wrap td_block_wrap vc_column_text tdi_5  tagdiv-type td-pb-border-top td_block_template_5\"  data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_5\" >\n<style>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.vc_column_text > .td-element-style{\r\n\t\t\t\t\tz-index: -1;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><p><em>The scent of vanilla and cinnamon, sweet honey, delightful walnuts \u2026. Potica.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Happiness. Mindfulness. All things magic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Potica is a traditional Slovenian pastry consisting of yeast dough and a filling which is usually made from walnuts. For Slovenes, this <strong>traditional festive pastry<\/strong> symbolizes <strong>wealth<\/strong> and <strong>prosperity<\/strong>. Nowdays, potica is also a sweet ambassador of Slovenia at various international, cultural, state and sports meetings and events. 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el_id=&#8221;1482240221193-76eab357-1e2c&#8221;]<strong>Recipe for Walnut Potica by the Millennial Foodie Isa Novak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Dough<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 \u00bd cups milk<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup white sugar<\/li>\n<li>pinch of salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>cool to lukewarm and pour into a bowl, then sprinkle on top<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 oz. dry yeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and let stand for 15 minues, after mix in<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>then add and mix in<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>flour to make soft dough, approx. 5 cups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place the dough in a room temperature buttered bowl, cover it with a linen cloth. Let the dogh raise in a lit oven for approx. 1 hour. In the meanwhile, prepare delicious filling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Filling<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 pounds fine grinded walnuts<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup coarsely grinded walnuts<\/li>\n<li>1 cup powder sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Bourbon vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>melt together<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 teaspoons Slovenian honey<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bc cup milk<\/li>\n<li>5 teaspoons butter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>mix walnut &amp; honey mixture, then add<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 egg yolks beated to soft peak stage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>after slowly add<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 egg whites beated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Finish Touch<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 taspoons powder sugar<\/li>\n<li>10 candied cherries from Vipava Valley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After 1 hour of rest, beat the dough for 10 minutes or until it separates from the bowl, roll out the dough on well floured linen cloth (\u00bd cm thick) and spread the filling to cover it (optional: sprinkle filling with soaked raisins). Roll tightly and put it in a greased baking mould called <em>poti\u010dnik<\/em>, cover potica and place it ina a protected area for about an hour. Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 35 to 45 minutes and let it cool in mould for 1 hour, afterwards remove potica from mould and place it on racks for additional hour. For a modern twist, a <strong>millennial Slovenian foodie Isa Novak<\/strong> recommends placing candied cherries from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vipavskadolina.si\/\"><strong>Vipava Valley<\/strong><\/a> on top and sprinkle potica with powder sugar. <strong>Decorate, snap &amp; post it on Instagram!<\/strong> <strong>\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/strong>[\/vc_toggle]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[791,718,722,717,258],"class_list":{"0":"post-7009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bureau-news","8":"tag-easter","9":"tag-festive","10":"tag-happy-holidays","11":"tag-potica","12":"tag-slovenia-meetings-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}