Balkan recipes
14 Balkan recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
30 min
Balkan · dinner
Bosnian-style ćevapi with onions
Small grilled sausages of beef and lamb seasoned with garlic, served in flatbread with raw sliced onion. Baking soda keeps the texture springy.
30 min
Balkan · dinner
Mămăligă cu brânză și smântână
Romanian polenta served with salty sheep's cheese, sour cream and a fried egg.
45 min
Balkan · dinner
Lamb and yogurt bake
An Albanian-style bake of browned ground lamb and rice under a set yogurt and egg custard. Oregano seasons the lamb, and the topping turns soft and creamy in the oven.
60 min
Balkan · dinner
Mici (mititei)
Romanian skinless grilled sausages of beef, lamb and pork with garlic, thyme and baking soda, served with mustard.
90 min
Balkan · dinner
Bosnian burek
Coiled spiral of thin phyllo filled with peppery beef and onion, baked crisp.
180 min
Balkan · dinner
Tavče gravče
North Macedonia's national dish of large white beans baked in a clay dish with onions, peppers and paprika.
240 min
Balkan · dinner
Sarma (sauerkraut cabbage rolls)
Balkan soured whole-cabbage leaves rolled around pork, beef and rice, slow-simmered with smoked ribs.
Lunch & snacks
15 min
Balkan · lunch
Chilled cucumber yogurt soup
No-cook summer soup of cucumber, yogurt, dill, mint and garlic blended silky and cold.
15 min
Balkan · lunch
Shopska salad
Bulgaria's national salad of tomato, cucumber, roasted pepper and onion under a snowfall of grated sirene.
15 min
Balkan · lunch
Tarator
Chilled Bulgarian yogurt soup with cucumber, dill, garlic and walnuts.
40 min
Balkan · lunch
Pljeskavica
Serbian giant grilled burger patty of mixed meats with onion, served in lepinja with kajmak and ajvar.
120 min
Balkan · lunch
Ajvar
Smoky roasted red pepper and eggplant relish, slow-cooked thick with garlic and oil.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
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