Belokranjska povitica is a Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n national dish. It was supposedly brought to the Bela Krajina region by Uskok

USKOK

USKOK is a Croatian government institution. It is a State Attorney office specialized in corruption and organized crime.USKOK started work in December 2001...

s, were Croatian Habsburg soldiers that inhabited the areas of the eastern Adriatic area.. The name itself, povitica, explains the preparation procedure. The term povitica is a derivate from verb poviti (English: to roll).

The dough

Dough

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 is made of flour, water

Water

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, salt

Salt

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 and 1/2 tea spoon of vinegar

Vinegar

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. The dough rests for half an hour. The dough is then rolled out and stretched out as thin as possible.

The filling is made of
curd

Curd

Curds are a dairy product obtained by curdling milk with rennet or an edible acidic substance such as lemon juice or vinegar, and then draining off the liquid portion. The increased acidity causes the milk proteins to tangle into solid masses, or curds. The remaining liquid, which contains only...

 cheese, eggs

Egg (food)

Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have probably been eaten by mankind for millennia. Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen , and vitellus , contained within various thin membranes...

, heavy cream, oil and butter

Butter

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...

. The filling is spread evenly on the dough sheet, rolled into a swirl and placed in a greased baking tin.

See also

• Nut roll
  Nut roll
  A nut roll is a pastry consisting of a sweet yeast dough that is rolled out very thin, spread with a nut paste made from ground nuts and a sweetener like honey, then rolled up into a log shape. This 'log' is either left long and straight or is often bent into a horseshoe shape, egg washed, baked,...
  
  , A US dessert that is similar to or derived from to the Belokranjska povitica.
• Slovenian cuisine
  Slovenian cuisine
  There is no such thing as a single, uniform, distinct Slovenian cuisine. In the opinion of some experts, there are more than 40 distinct cuisines in a country, whose main distinguishing feature is a great variety and diversity of land formation, climate, wind movements, humidity, terrain and...