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bujadnik

sweet bread baked in cabbage leaves

bujadnik

Made exclusively in the Val Resia of the Julian Alps, this yeast bread is made of corn and wheat flour, eggs, sugar, cream, cooked apples and/or pears, dried figs, sultanas, dried walnuts or hazelnuts, yeast, wild fennel seeds, cinnamon or carob, then traditionally wrapped in green cabbage leaves and baked in the embers.

Breads

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Val Resia ecomuseum