Taste the Jihlava region
Taste traditional regional dishes and enjoy local hospitality
Taste traditional regional dishes and enjoy local hospitality
Come and taste the Jihlava region with its traditional dishes, rare beer and authentic charm of the Highlands. Enjoy quality food made with local ingredients and taste the true flavour of the Highlands.
Come and taste Pajerské pierogi, an authentic regional specialty from the Jihlava region with roots in Bavarian tradition. These delicious cakes, baked especially during the pilgrimage season, offer both curd and fudge filling, sprinkled with grated gingerbread and richly buttered. They are sold in local bakeries and cafés and can also be tasted during the summer pilgrimages themselves - the most famous is the Bartholomew's Pilgrimage in Luky nad Jihlavou at the end of August.
Where did you get the word Pajerské? It is a corruption of the word "Bavarian" - the local traditions were strongly influenced by the Germans from Jihlava, who came here from Bavaria in the 13th century during the colonisation in connection with silver smithing.
If you want to bake Pajerský pie, watch the video with detailed instructions and a talk about the tradition itself.
Carrots or carrots are a famous sweet delicacy that is still baked in Polná on the second Sunday of September. The carrot fair used to be dedicated to the patron saint of the town, St. Liguriáš, and during the fair, bunches of carrots decorate the facade of the house. Carrots used to be widely used as a filling for sweet pastries, as sugar was very expensive.
Carrots used to be baked on festive occasions, but today we have the opportunity to taste them more often in the Jihlava region. Traditional carrots from Polná can be tasted and bought at farmers' markets in Jihlava and Polná, and they are also available in the Klásek regional food shop in Jihlava.
If you would like to bake carrot cakes at home, we offer you a recipe from the winner of the annual competition for the best carrot cake of 2021. The Carrot Cake Festival takes place in Polná every year in mid-August.
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A distinctly bitter beer, with an exceptional hop aroma, exactly matches the nature of local beer connoisseurs. Ježek belongs to Jihlava as inseparably as Jihlava belongs to Ježek. Visit the brewery's restaurant, get to know the brewery on a tour and buy stylish merch in the company shop.
If you are a craft beer lover, do not miss the specials from the MadCat brewery, which is brewed in nearby Kamenice u Jihlavy and can be tasted in Jihlava in the Museum Café, Bistro on three dots, in the popular restaurant Kolnička in Luky nad Jihlavou.
In 1993, they established sea buckthorn orchards on the sloping hills in the heart of the Highlands in the village of Vysoké Studnice. Since then, they have been supplying sea buckthorn to local shops selling regional products and restaurants, and you can taste it in the famous Kolnička restaurant in nearby Luky nad Jihlava. There is also an automatic farm shop ofthe Luka a.s. farm in the small square in Luka, so you can buy the goodies to take with you when you come back from your trip.
On the hill above Jihlava are the pastures of the Sasov Biofarm, where happy pigs and cows graze. In harmony with nature, they have been farming here since 1991 and supplying the world and the yard with organic plant and animal production. You can come to the farm shop to buy potatoes, onions, buckwheat, pork and beef and of course meat products. If you would like to learn more about the farm and see how the animals are doing, it is possible to book a farm tour.
V Pekárek's Mill in Rantířov near Jihlava, the Pekárks have been grinding flour since the 18th century. The flour is fragrant, made from quality grains and it is a joy to bake with. You can buy wheat and rye flour directly in the shop in the mill.
The family mill can also be found in Střížov near Luk nad Jihlavou. Střížovský mill grinds wheat, rye and spelt flour and you can also buy pasta made from it.
If you want to enjoy "especially baked" pastries, visit the Veselo bakery in Jihlava or combine your trip to Větrný Jeníkov with a purchase of their famous "Jeníkovský" bread.
A fine Old Bohemian liqueur with a light scent of lime blossom, herbal undertones and a lingering honey aftertaste named after Bernard Mahler, father of the world-famous Jihlava composer Gustav Mahler. In 2015, after 120 years, the tradition of producing this liqueur was restored and today, in addition to the original variant with 30% alcohol content, it also offers a stronger Opus 52 variant with 52% alcohol content.
Mahler You can buy it at the Gustav Mahler House, in Jihlava's regional product shops and at tourist information centres.
The family chocolate factory was founded more than 25 years ago by František Hlava and named after his daughter Kamila. He based the production on First Republic recipes and gradually expanded it with his original recipes. It produces table chocolate and candies with different fillings. They produce almost 40 tons of candies a year! In Jihlava you can enjoy chocolate delicacies Kamila Chocolates can be bought in the company shop in Husova Street opposite the Grand Hotel.
The hilly landscape of the Highlands is ideal for grazing, and on your trips you will often see cows happily grazing in the pure countryside. Dairy products from the Polná Dairy are renowned, where housewives go to buy the best cottage cheese for fair cakes. Cheese, cream, milk and cottage cheese can be bought in the company shop in Polná near the dairy.
We have already informed you about Farma Luka, a.s. in connection with their sea buckthorn products. The farm also processes dairy products, yoghurt, yoghurt, cheese. It supplies them to the trade network, but you can taste them directly in Luka nad Jihlava in the Kolnička restaurant or buy them in the vending machine in Luka on the square.
You can often buy regional products from the Jihlava region directly from producers, on farms or conveniently "under one roof" in one of the regional food stores.
Jihlaváček, Komenského 1336, Jihlava
Klásek, Benešova 3, Jihlava
NOBA Řeznictví & NOBA Zdravíčko, Komenského 1589, Jihlava
Dejsibio, náměstí Svobody 11, Jihlava
Terno, Rantířovská 4787, Jihlava
