Alpine cuisine? Visitors to the Slovene Alps will enjoy more than the juicy forest blueberries which ripen well into August on the high plateaus and the unique teas made from a wide variety of herbs and flowers.Alpine cuisine is not just fresh butter and cheese made from fragrant Alpine milk and mountain game served in various ways.While all these will certainly delight visitors interested in fine fresh food, we suggest that you also ask about the delicious local specialties.There are many kinds of buckwheat štruklji made with walnuts,fresh cottage chees with raisins,and other tasty fillings.( we recommend restaurant-Gostilna Psnak in Radovna Valley and Vila Roza in Dovje-Mojstrana)Also available is Slovenia's national desert,potica, a light cake usually filled with nuts and raisins.More savory fare includes cracklings, dried sausage, smoked ham and minced lard.You should also try homemade cherry, blueberry and juniper brandy-usually offered such as welcome drink- and the forest yields a variety of fresh mushrooms that are prepared in countless ways.Discover the smoked pork stomach prepared in the Upper Savinja Valley and the excellent homemade wines of the sunny southeren slopes of Pohorje.
We suggest also very good wines from Vrhpolje in Vipava valley-Nova Gorica, produced by Krapež cellar: Mr.Martin Krapež, Vrhpolje 95,5271 Vipava, Slovenija Gsm:+386 40 219 500 .
These simple and delectable foods often taste better than the fare in many more cosmopolitan places.Still,Bled's renowned cream cakes are also unforgettable.