After a one-year break, Džuzeppe and the Cooking Club are finally back. While the crew creates one problem after another, Džuzeppe tries to prepare traditional Slovak bryndza dumplings like a true professional. Authentic recipes, intelligent humor and great company.
Bryndza Dumplings After One Year: The Cooking Club Is Back
After one year, Džuzeppe Penne is back in front of the camera. He acts like a professional chef, the crew acts like a professional crew, and somewhere between the two, traditional Slovak bryndza dumplings with crispy bacon are created.
- the return of the Cooking Club after one year
- traditional Slovak bryndza dumplings
- Džuzeppe's famous Matador Stars
- a crew that helps mainly by making things complicated
When friends meet for cooking. Officially.
The Cooking Club is a very serious organization. At least that is how Džuzeppe presents it. Unofficially, it is a place where a group of friends meet, cook something, mess something up, and still end up sitting at the same table.
In the first episode after the return, the club prepares bryndza dumplings. Džuzeppe believes he has everything under control. The viewer quickly discovers that reality has a slightly different script.
Džuzeppe
A chef with Matador Stars. Officially three. Unofficially more.
Sveťo
The director. Even dumplings need a dramatic arc.
Ďuro
Supplies. He has money, a driving license, and sometimes even the right ingredients.
Michal
Marketing. He has many ideas. Time will tell which ones are good.
Dano
Lighting. Because even potatoes deserve proper light.
Džuzeppe Penne, a chef who does not pretend to be a professional. He is convinced he is one.
Recipe from the episode
In this episode, we prepare traditional Slovak bryndza dumplings with crispy bacon. Humor is part of the Cooking Club, but the recipe remains honest and usable.
Ingredients
- 1 kg potatoes
- 250 g semi-coarse flour
- salt to taste
- 250 g bryndza cheese
- 33% whipping cream
- 100 g butter
- 300 g bacon
Method
- Peel the potatoes and grate them finely. Mix them in a bowl with flour and a pinch of salt.
- Bring salted water to a boil in a large pot and press the dough through a dumpling maker directly into the water.
- Cook until the dumplings float to the surface. Save a little of the cooking water.
- Mix bryndza cheese with cream, melted butter and a little dumpling water. Then stir in the drained dumplings.
- Cut the bacon into small pieces and fry it in a pan until crispy.
- Serve the dumplings topped with crispy bacon and drizzle with the bacon fat.
You can find the full recipe here: Traditional bryndza dumplings with bacon
A member of the Cooking Club must not question the recipe before finding out who forgot to buy the bryndza.
Why the Cooking Club?
We do not cook to become the best chefs. We cook to meet, laugh together and forget everyday worries for a little while.
If this episode made you smile, then today you were part of the Cooking Club too. And that is exactly the point.
