Shopska salad
The Shopska salad is Bulgarian traditional salad, which must be present in the lunch or dinner menu. To make this salad, you need sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, roasted peppers, onions, fresh parsley and grated white brined cheese. Season with oil or olive oil, and if desired you can add apple or wine vinegar. Fresh parsley or black olives are used for decoration, which are placed on the grated cheese. Shopska salad goes well with chilled traditional alcoholic beverages.
Tripe soup
Stomach soup is another traditional dish from Bulgarian cuisine. It is prepared from well-cooked and finely chopped beef or pork belly. They are added to it fried of paprika oil and fresh milk. This type of soup can be served with spices such as garlic, vinegar, paprika or hot peppers. If you are wondering what soup to eat, don't be surprised, choose this one!
Mish-mash
The culinary heritage of Bulgarians offers a variety of food for vegetarians. Mish-mash is a dish that does not contain meat. It is prepared with tomatoes, peppers, eggs, cheese and onions. There is an option in which there is no cheese. Optionally, you can add eggplant, carrots or okra. This food is light and pleasant, which makes it sweetheart to all, whether they eat meat or not.
Moussaka
There is hardly a Bulgarian who does not adore this dish. The traditional one Bulgarian moussaka it is prepared using minced meat, onions, tomatoes and spices. The listed products are stewed together, then chopped potatoes are added to them and all this is baked in the oven. A filling is made from flour, yogurt and egg, with which the moussaka is poured and left to finish baking. Moussaka is a mandatory feast for every Bulgarian kitchen. It is most often eaten with yogurt.
Pumpkin pastry
The pumpkin is a typical Bulgarian dessert. In fact, it is a kind of sweet pie, the filling of which consists of grated pumpkin. It is prepared as a twisted pie, from dough crusts, evenly sprinkled with pumpkin filling, broken walnuts, sugar and oil, which are rolled into a roll. Yogurt is the first friend of this feast as well.
Bulgarian homemade banitsa
Banitsa is perhaps the most iconic Bulgarian dish, present on almost every holiday table and a symbol of Bulgarian cuisine. It is made from thin crusts, stuffed with eggs, cheese and yogurt, and in some cases with the addition of spinach, pumpkin or meat. The most recognizable version is the classic banitsa with cheese. It is usually baked until golden and served warm, sometimes with fresh yogurt. In addition to its taste, banitsa is also associated with traditions - for example, the New Year's banitsa with luck.
Kachamak
Kachamak is a traditional rural dish that is quick to prepare and fills you up for a long time. Its base is corn flour, boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick porridge. It is usually served warm, generously sprinkled with cheese and fried butter or lard. In some regions, yogurt, fried eggs or even pieces of meat are also added. Kachamak is an example of unpretentious, but extremely tasty and nutritious Bulgarian cuisine that has been preserved over the centuries.
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