Yugoslav Recipes:
Serbia is famous for many traditional dishes. Among these include recipes for rostilj (BBQ), beans, goulash and corba (stews), desserts, and pastries. Razjnjici, pljeskavica, gibanica, burek, kifle, sarma, pasulj, paprikas, and of course sutlijash are but naming a few. Serbian meat dishes typically contain pork, lamb or veal. These are often combined to come up with flavourful dishes such as cevapi, for which Sarajevo is famous. Traditional spices include paprika and garlic. Slijivovica, or Serbian plum brandy, is one of the world's favourite and infamous moonshines. Other types of rakija (brandy), besides slijivivica, include kruska (pear brandy), kajsija (apricot brandy), and unforgettable loza (Montenegran grape brandy). The best of these are home-made and traditionally all families have at least one source that makes the wonderful stuff. Unfortunately, we can't give any of the recipes here in concordance with Canadian law. You'll just have to buy the store-bought stuff (80-100 Proof), or visit your local Serb! One shot of this stuff in the morning will cure you of any diseases (ancient Serbian recipe), and more shots will make you forget everything. Wines and beer are less noteworthy, although a few excellent types are nationally produced (Vranac (a make of red wine)) and Niksitsko pivo (beer from Niksic) are 2 of the most famous, and widely exported (in periods when sanctions are down).
Please try any of these traditional dishes. All of these are from sites
on the internet. Most are Serbian, although other Balkan recipes (Greek,
Croatian) can be found as well. In the future we hope to compile our own
recipe database. Please feel free to submit
your own favourite recipes by emailing them to serbian@ualberta.ca
ENJOY!
Kifle
at the Recipe Archives
Yugoslav
Carrot Cake at the Recipe Archives and another at SOAR
Fashir
at the Recipe Archives, and another Yugoslav
Fashir at Ammas.com
Balkan
Spagettii at the Recipe Archives
Balkan
stuffed Green Peppers at the Recipe Archives
Serbian
filled peppers all the way from Australia
Polenta
at the Recipe Archives
Pork recipes
at Alberta Pork
Paprikas
(Serbian Goulash), and another
at cdKitchen.com
Szerb
Bableves at SOAR
Pasulj
at SOAR
Pasulj
(Serbian Bean Soup) at the ICHEF Recipe Archive
Pasulj
at the Recipe Source
Pasulj
Prebranac
Seljacki
Pasulj
Cevapcici
at SOAR, and another
at cdKitchen.com
Musaka,
and another
at the Gumbo Pages, and another Serbian
Moussaka at Ammas.com
Sutliash
at International Food Tasting Bazaar Recipes- a favourite of Nikola!
Some Greek
recipes at Global Gourmet
Serbian
spinach at Lu's Recipe Extravaganza
Serbian
Ajvar at Lee's Market
Prebanac
at the Gumbo Pages
Traditional
Serbian Cheese Pie, from Down Under
Serbian rice
with meat at Christiane's Recipes
Serbian
Pelmeni at Secret Russian Recipes
More Secret Russian
Recipes
Navip Company - wines - but no
recipes
15 Croatian
recipes from the Croatian Cookbook (link may be down)
Serbian
Garlic Sauce at the Ultimate Cookbook (link may be down)
Kolach
at the Ultimate Cookbook (link may be down)
Eastern
European cooking at 3 Rivers Free Net
Serbian Carp
at Cookbooks.com
A description of
Paprika by Gernot Katzer
Originally a Serbian word?: "For reasons of clarity,
the term pepper for Capsicum species will be totally avoided here. Instead,
I will use paprika, which is moderately common in English (for the dried
spice), more so in other tongues; it was loaned from Serbian pàprika
or Hungarian paprika (both Serbian and Hungarian cuisine make much use
of middle-hot Capsicum powder). Ultimately, also paprika derives from the
name of pepper (Serbian pàpapr)."
The Serbian
kamikaze a drink by Uros Djukic
Serbian
Povotica (Yeast Nutbread) at BJGourmet
Serbian eggs
at Piecemakers Recipes
We're patiently waiting for Jelena's mouth-watering gibanica, Srba's sausages, and Branislava's pork with mushroom sauce recipes!