YUGOSLAVIAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES ½ lb. sweet butter ½ cup sugar 1 egg yolk ½ tsp. salt 4 egg whites 1 cup sugar ¾ cup finely ground walnuts 1 tsp. lemon extract 1 cup blackberry and current jelly 1 cup chopped walnuts Cream butter with the ½ cup sugar. Add egg yolk and salt. Sift flour, […]
former Yugoslavia
Slavski Kolač Славски колач (Sweet Bread)
This is a sweet bread, usually baked with a cross or other religious symbol made out of dough on top. It is served during Slava, a special day for feasting and sharing with friends. (Slava is a religious time to commemorate the day that each Serbian family’s ancestors became Christians in the Sixth Century. Each […]
Baklava
The word baklava is first attested in English in 1650, a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish باقلاوه /bɑːklɑvɑː/.The name baklava is used in many languages with minor phonetic and spelling variations. Historian Paul D. Buell argues that the word “baklava” may come from the Mongolian root baγla- ‘to tie, wrap up, pile up’ composed with the […]
Ćevapčići
Ćevapi (Cyrillic: ћевапи, pronounced [tɕeʋǎːpi]) or ćevapčići (formal diminutive; Cyrillic: ћевапчићи, pronounced [tɕeʋǎptʃitɕi]) is a grilled dish of minced meat found traditionally in the countries of southeast Europe (the Balkans). It is considered a national dish of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[Croatia, and Serbia, and is also common in Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Slovenia, and Albania. Ćevapi […]
Ražnjići
Ražnjići is a popular Balkan specialty of grilled meat on a skewer, equivalent of the Greek souvlaki and Turkish şaşlık. The name is derived from “ražanj” meaning “skewer” Via Wikipedia Ražnjići ½ lb. each veal & pork (cubed) 2 ½ tsp. ground paprika ¼ cup short wine vinegar 1 ½ tbsp minced onion 2 tsp […]