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I love cauliflower, which is mostly down to my mother’s ingenious way of making it, which is this. Cauliflower par boiled and then baked with a “sauce” made…
Apples in “šlafor” or “šlafrok”, or apples in “dressing gowns” (šlafor” or “šlafrok” being an adaptation of the German word, schlafrock, into the various languages across the Balkans)….
Potica is a Slovenian light brioche roll made with sweet or savoury fillings, with walnut potica being perhaps the most well-known and loved. It is considered one of…
There is a 19th century Macedonian poem called “Longing for the South” by Konstantin Miladinov, written while he was studying in Moscow but longing for the sun, the…
Tavče gravče, or Macedonian style baked beans which are thought of as the national dish of North Macedonia. They are of course eaten in various forms across the…
Imam Bayildi, a dish so good legend goes it once made an imam (holy man) faint of delicious delirium, hence the name. Another Ottoman dish with variations on…
“Pita” is a staple of any Balkan home and is a broad term for the Balkan family “leaf pastry” layered or rolled with any number of savoury or…
Kačamak or Bakardan, with spicy pork crackling crumb, crumbly white cheese and yoghurt. Kačamak is the Balkan polenta, a sort of corn porridge. Imagine yourself in a cosy wooden…
Moussaka, a dish eaten from the Balkans to the Middle East with countless variants, the Greek version perhaps the most famous (with beef or lamb, eggplant and a…
These are beautiful vanilla, walnut, lemon cookies, sandwiched together with apricot jam and drowned in icing sugar. They are sort of the Balkan Linzer cookie. There is a…