Trdlo

Trdlo was widely on sale at the Christmas markets. It looked like a sort of dough which was rolled in sugar and spread around a metal tube which was then cleverly cooked spit like over a gas flame and then taken off when cooked as one hollow tube

It was delicious and more-ish but I couldn%26#39;t find out what it was made of - anyone know??

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looks like it is just a bread dough.never tried it myself.

gastronomydomine.com/2005/12/prague-christma…

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It%26#39;s only sweetbread that is wrapped around the cylinder. Actually the name itself is quite informative. In Czech, Trdlo is slang for somebody who is %26quot;simple%26quot; as the meal itself is easy to make. You have to eat them hot and generally you get to choose the ingredient flavouring before it is cooked i.e. with or without cinnamon. Check the waste bin outside of the Pravda restaurant as by that distance it will have gone cold and this is where people generally throw the leftovers (check to see, not check to eat :-))

Jason

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As far as I can tell, (and I%26#39;ve dug into the issue a bit) Trdlo is a historical invention. Having lived in the Czech republic for quite some time, and speak czech and talking to many people about it, there doesn%26#39;t seem to be any collective memory of the stuff. It appeared for the first time in Prague in 2002 (I remember the small stall) and since then the fad has exploded. There seems to be no historical reference to Trdlo before 2002. As for it%26#39;s ingredients, it%26#39;s simply sweet dough rolled in sugar and cinnamon.

Dennison Bertram

www.dennisonbertram.com

prague photographer

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