A Serbian Breakfast
The Balkan Cookbook A Serbian Breakfast I discovered my first Serbian Breakfast at the national trumpet festival in Guca. The trumpet festival happens once a year in the village of Guca where for one weekend […]
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Adriatic Roast Potatoes
The Balkan Cookbook Roast potatoes This method of roasting potatoes is found all along the Adriatic and is a perfect partner for all grilled and roasted meats. Pecene Krompira — petch-en-ee crom-peer-ah 4 persons Pre-heat […]
Turkish Coffee – Greek Coffee – Serbian Coffee – Bosnian Coffee
The Balkan Cookbook Balkan Coffee kahve — kar-vay (Turkish) kafa — ka-fa (Bosnian Serbian) karve — kar-vez (Greek) To make the coffees use an ibric, aka dzesze (jez-ma)—a saucepan will do—and finely […]
Greek Steak
Recipes from ’The Balkan Cookbook’ This dish always takes me back to Crete and a pebble beach restaurant lit by a string of multi-coloured bulbs—where the sound of faraway discos danced on folding seawater and […]