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What to eat in Slovenia

The 10 best dishes in Slovenia

Alpine, Italian and Balkan cooking in one small green country.

1

Prekmurska gibanica

Best: Prekmurje

Layered pastry of poppy seed, curd, walnuts and apple, eight layers deep.

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2

Kranjska klobasa

Best: Ljubljana

Coarse smoked pork sausage with mustard, horseradish and bread.

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Idrijski žlikrofi

Best: Idrija

Small hat-shaped pasta of potato and herbs, with lamb sauce or brown butter.

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4

Potica

Eaten all over Slovenia

A rolled yeast cake with a walnut, tarragon or poppy-seed spiral.

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5

Jota

Best: The Karst

Sauerkraut, bean and potato soup with smoked pork.

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6

Ajdovi žganci

Eaten all over Slovenia

Buckwheat crumbled spoonbread with cracklings, a mountain breakfast.

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7

Štruklji

Eaten all over Slovenia

Rolled dumplings with tarragon and curd cheese, boiled or baked.

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8

Kremna rezina

Best: Bled

The Bled cream cake: vanilla custard and cream between puff pastry.

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9

Soča trout

Best: Soča valley

Wild marble trout from the emerald river, pan-fried in butter.

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10

Pršut

Best: The Karst

Ham dried by the bora wind, sliced thin with Teran wine.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.