<p>Famous Maribor dishes and wines</p><p>Slovenia is known for its delicious food which satisfies even the most demanding tastes. Our love for good food can be noted in the smallest ways like proverbs ( ‘love comes through the stomach’). Štajerska (Styria) landscape is especially well known for its cuisine and wines.</p><p>Some of the most recognized dishes are:</p><p>Štajerska kisla juha (styrian sour soup) is prepared at the feast of koline (pig slaughter) from the feet and parts of pork head, spiced with onions, garlic, marjoram, thyme, parsley, black pepper, salt and apple or wine vinegar.</p><p>Styrian sour soup Pohorski pisker/lonec is a typical meat and vegetable stew made of pork, beef and lamb, with the addition of buckwheat and in season also mushrooms. It could be prepared without meat, but at least one type of cereal and one type of legume must be inside.</p><p>"This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."</p><p>Pohorski pisker/lonec Pečenica (Slovene pork sausage) is a sausage usually composed of veal, pork or beef. It is also prepared at the feast of pig slaughter. Pečenica is often eaten alongside kislo zelje (sauerkraut) – finely cut fermented cabbage.</p><p>Bratwurst with sauerkraut</p><p>Pohorje bunka is better-quality pork stuffed into the pork stomach and beef intestines, mildly smoked and air dried.</p><p>"This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."</p><p>Pohorje bunka</p><p>Pohorje žganci are made of potato and corn flour, dressed with cracklings.</p><p>Pohorje žganci Pohorje omelette is a biscuit omelette, stuffed with cranberries and topped with sweet cream, sometimes decorated with some cranberry jam. </p><p>"This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."</p><p>Pohorje omelette</p><p>Styrian wines</p><p>Slovenia has white and red wines, with lush or slight aromas and strong, full or light tastes. The wine-growing region of Podravje (Styria) in the Eastern part of Slovenia is especially famous for its white wines. Mostly popular is the laški rizling, followed by chardonnay, traminec, renski rizling and sauvignon. Red wines are primarily represented by modra frankinja, modri pinot and žametna črnina. A small portion of žametna črnina has been produced for 400 years from the oldest vine in the world that still grows in Lent in Maribor.</p><p>The old vineyard</p><p>"This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."</p>