Purica s Mlincima

Name: Purica s Mlincima
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Croatian
Ingredients: 1 small turkey or turkey legs (about 3kg); 100g smoked bacon, in strips; 60g butter or lard; 300g plain flour, for the mlinci; 1 egg; About 120ml warm water; Salt

Purica s mlincima/POO-ree-tsah s MLIN-tsee-mah/

Also known as: Turkey with Mlinci, Mlinci

About this dish

Roast turkey served on mlinci, thin baked flatbreads broken up and soaked in the roasting juices.

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Ingredients

🦃1 small turkey or turkey legs (about 3kg)

🥓100g smoked bacon, in strips

🧈60g butter or lard

🌾300g plain flour, for the mlinci

🥚1 egg

💧About 120ml warm water

🧂Salt

Method

Serves 3

Rub the turkey with salt the night before. Lard it with the bacon strips and dot with butter.

Roast at 180°C (350°F), basting often, for about 2.5 hours until golden and cooked through. Keep the pan juices.

For the mlinci, knead the flour, egg, a pinch of salt and enough water into a firm dough. Roll into very thin sheets and bake on a dry tray until crisp and blistered.

Break the mlinci into pieces, pour boiling salted water over them for a minute, then drain.

Toss the mlinci in the hot roasting juices and serve with the carved turkey.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Turkey with mlinci is the festive dish of Zagorje and the Zagreb region, served at Christmas, weddings and big family lunches.

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