BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Between 1890 and 1910, thousands of Croatians left their country to find a new life in America. Kansas City, Kansas, became home to many of these immigrants who found employment in the many meatpacking companies and stockyards located in the area. With them, the immigrants brought a strong work ethic, devotion to God and family, a love of good wine, tamburitza music and the art of making povitica, the delicious Croatian nut bread.
On this video/DVD, Emily Novak, daughter of Croatian immigrants, shares the recipe and technique she teaches in her Croatian cooking classes.
You can see every step from ingredients and utensil selection, to the art of rolling and stretching dough, to finally taking the delicious finished bread from the oven.
The DVD comes with a recipe for making Povitica (Potica), as well as "Helpful Hints