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{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = Mlinci
| image            = Mlinci.jpg
| caption          = Roast chicken with ''mlinci'' and sauce
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| country          = [[Croatia]]
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| creator          = 
| course           =Side dish 
| type             = [[Flatbread]]
| served           = 
| main_ingredient  = [[Flour]], salt, and water
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'''Mlinci''' is dish in Croatian cuisine. It is a thin dried [[flatbread]] that is prepared by pouring boiled salted water or soup over the ''mlinci''.

To prepare homemade ''mlinci'', a [[dough]] is made of [[flour]], salt, and water, sometimes also with eggs and fat. The dough is then rolled out about 1&nbsp;mm thick and 20 to 30&nbsp;cm wide, and baked in an oven or on a hot plate. Later it is broken into pieces about 5&nbsp;cm in size before final preparation with hot water or soup.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Mlinci sa jajima |date=2023 |publisher=Maxi |id={{UPC|8600197394177}}}}</ref>

Before serving, ''mlinci'' can also be quickly fried in poultry fat. Turkey with ''mlinci'' is a Croatian [[Folk culture|folk]]-cuisine specialty, especially in [[Zagorje]] and [[Slavonia|Slavonija]]. In Slovenia, duck or goose with ''mlinci'' is traditionally eaten on [[St. Martin's Day]]. In [[Serbia]], they are usually prepared in the province of [[Vojvodina]], where they are served with a pork or chicken [[fillet (cut)|fillet]] in [[Smetana (dairy product)|smetana]] sauce.

''Mlinci'' can also be served by soaking the dried pieces in the drippings from roast meats.<ref name=":0" /> The roast meat is removed from the pan and the broken pieces are placed in the fat in the tray, and then baked for a short amount of time. The ''mlinci'' is then served as a side dish accompanying the main roast.

==External links==
* [http://www.coolinarika.com/recept/turkey-with-mlinci Traditional Croatian ''mlinci'' with turkey recipe]
* [http://www.slovenia.info/en/Dishes-and-Recipes/Roasted-Duck-with-Mlinci-and-Red-Cabbage.htm?recepti=9896&lng=2 Slovenian duck with ''mlinci'' recipe]
* [http://www.kuhinjica.rs/recepti/glavno-jelo/vojvodjanski-file-sa-mlincima Vojvodjanski ''mlinci'' with pork fillet]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/duckwithcroatianmlin_74891.shtml Duck with Croatian ''mlinci'' and cucumbers in sour cream recipe]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QroUTPsRLYY  Turkey with homemade 'mlinci'-demonstration]

[[Category:Croatian cuisine]]
[[Category:Slovenian cuisine]]
[[Category:Flatbreads]]
[[Category:National dishes]]

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