Kljukuša: A Bosnian Specialty

Iman Al-Dabbagh, a friend of mine here in Sarajevo, is a photographer. One of her latest photos she posted on Facebook, in the album iFoodography, inspired me to make kljukuša as a Saturday treat. Well, kljukuša is a traditional Bosnian dish made by grated potatoes mixed with flour and water or milk/yogurt/cream. It's baked in an oven until golden and crisp on the outside and soft inside. This morning, it's going to be my first, so I grabbed a few potatoes and told Milou that we're making a potato cake to make her get what I was doing while grating the fresh potatoes. I owe the rest of this great Saturday treat story to my photographic memory. In other words, I exactly followed what my mother-in-law usually does on weekend mornings for breakfast to make kljukuša. It's definitely a Bosnian specialty which is super easy and super tasty! Here comes the recipe.

Ingredients

5-6 medium potatoes

3 tablespoons flour

1 clove garlic

pepper, salt

milk

cream

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 175 °C. 

2. Peel the potatoes and grate into a large bowl.

3. Grate the garlic and add into the grated potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Be generous with salt. Add some flour. I added 3 tablespoons of flour. Stir well to combine.

4. Pour the potato-garlic- flour mixture into a baking pan. Pour in milk or milk-cream mixture until it cover the potatoes. The amount of cream depends on how much you like it. 

5. Bake in the oven until golden and crispy on the outside. It takes more than half an hour to bake it, around 45 minutes.