Carinthian curd cheese
Carinthian curd cheese, finely chopped red onion in pumpkin seed oil. There are several recipes for making Carinthian curd cheese, Delalut’s is with sweet paprika, without cumin, with an emphasis on the light, delicate, foamy consistency of fresh curd cheese, which is delivered every Wednesday by a local farmer.
Carinthian bread
It’s not a good idea to eat too much bread with smoked meats as an appetizer, but when you spread cottage cheese on top, you forget all the rules, because the best rye bread is made in Carinthia.
House cured charcuterie
House cured charcuterie – the owner’s – are not only beautifully arranged, but also smell nice. Thinly sliced ribs, pork loin, dried shoulder, neck and salami (this one is from a neighbor). Along with a hard-boiled egg, pickled cucumbers and porcini mushrooms, which the cook collects around Strojna, the highest settlement in Slovenia (1055 m).
Potato soup
Potato soup with milk and sour cream, sprinkled with parsley on top. Served in a bowl on a wooden board. With fried pork skin.
Mežerle
Mežeerle are made from finely chopped offal (mainly lung without gizzards), old bread soaked in milk, eggs, lard, roasted onions, sour cream and spices (salt, pepper, marjoram, thyme), which is juicyly baked in the oven. When a guest orders mežerle, there is no need to ring the bell, as their smell is already recognizable enough… With (Carinthian) potato salad with pumpkin seed oil, red onion and chives, they are a reason for a pilgrimage to Carinthia (and to Delalut).
Ossobuco
Veal ossobuco and roasted potatoes with grumpi (cracklings). A dish from the autumn menu.
Venison
Venison medallions in cranberry sauce, homemade curd cheese dumplings, cranberry jam in a cup. The meat is seared with feeling, so it is soft and juicy, and the sauce is different because it is not heavy and lean like venison, so even light dumplings are happy with it.
Dumplings
Pasta filled with dried pear filling, a sweet Carinthian specialty that is never pleasant, but that’s exactly why everyone likes it.
Buckwheat pie
Buckwheat pie with plums and homemade milk ice cream (a dessert from the autumn offer). A good pie because the dough is crispy enough and buckwheat is recognizable/different, and the filling is seasonal and harmonious (the coexistence of buckwheat and plums).
Apple cider
There is no wine in Carinthia, so in Delalut they drink apple cider! The Carinthian cider is Dvornik’s (Damjan Smolak), in a bottle and with a vintage.
