How to pronounce Mlinci

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /mlîːnt͡si/. In plain English letters that is MLEEN-tsee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Mlinci?

Mlinci is a noodle dish of Croatia. Where it comes from: Zagorje. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Mlinci comes from

Mlinci is one of 24 signature dishes of Croatia on this map.

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• Zagorski štrukli · Bread & pastry · Zagreb and Zagorje

  Zagorski štrukli are rolls of very thin stretched dough filled with fresh cow's cheese, eggs and sour cream, cut into pieces and either boiled or baked with cream until golden on top.

• Soparnik · Bread & pastry · Poljica (near Omiš)

  Soparnik is a thin, round pie of Swiss chard, onion, parsley, garlic and olive oil between two sheets of unleavened dough.

• Peka · Main dish · Dalmatia

  Peka, or food cooked ispod čripnje, "under the bell", is the Dalmatian way of slow-roasting meat and fish.

• Maraschino maraskino · Drink · Northern Dalmatia (Zadar)

  Maraschino is a clear liqueur distilled from marasca cherries, small, slightly sour cherries that grow wild along parts of the Dalmatian coast.

• Rožata · Dessert · Dubrovnik

  Rožata is a traditional Dalmatian custard pudding with a caramel topping, close to French crème caramel.

Food of Croatia

Dishes like Mlinci in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Mlinci:

• Kärntner Kasnudeln · Noodles & pasta · Carinthia, Austria

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• Cjarsons · Noodles & pasta · Carnia (Friuli), Italy

  Cjarsons are the filled pasta of Carnia, the mountain area of northern Friuli, and they have one of the strangest fillings in Italy.

• Älplermagronen · Noodles & pasta · Central Switzerland, Switzerland

  Älplermagronen, "alpine herdsmen's macaroni", is a dish from the Swiss Alps of pasta, potatoes, cream, cheese and onions.

• Käsespätzle · Noodles & pasta · Swabia (Baden-Württemberg), Germany

  Käsespätzle is the Swabian answer to macaroni cheese.