Bulgarian Recipes

• Kiselo Mlyako - Yoghurt
  
  
• Tarator - A cold (often served with ice) soup made from yoghurt, cucumbers, nuts, vegetable oil and water, and flavored with garlic and dill.
  
  
• Shkembe chorba - A soup made from the stomach lining of cattle, mixed with milk, and seasoned with vinegar, garlic, and chili. The soup is sometimes claimed to be a hangover cure.
  
  
• Elenski but - Dry-cured ham from the town of Elena in northern Bulgaria.
  
  
• Soujouk - A spicy sausage made from ground beef. Soujouk is cooked in its own fat (without oil) and sometimes eaten for breakfast.
  
  
• Lukanka - A spicy sausage made from pork or veal, traditionally in a dried cow's intestine, and hung to dry. Once dried, the sausage is pressed to flatten it. Once prepared, the sausage may be covered in a white fungus, which is removed before eating. Lukanka is served cold, cut into finely slices.
  
  
• Shopska salad - A salad made with tomatoes, onions and cucumbers, and either raw or roasted peppers, and then covered with a layer of grated sirene (a salty white cheese that is unique to Bulgaria and Macedonia).
  
  
• Lyutika - A mixture of vegetables (roasted peppers, onions and tomatoes), crushed and flavored with garlic or parsley. Yoghurt, boiled eggs, cooked chicken breasts, or sirene (white salty cheese) are sometimes added to the mixture.
  
  
• Banitsa - A baked pastry with whisked eggs and sirene (white salty cheese).
  
  
• Popara - Dry bread cooked with tea, milk or water, with butter, a small amount of sugar, and sirene (salty white cheese) or kajmak (similar to clotted cream).
  
  
• Gyuvetch - A casserole made using beef, peppers, onions, aubergine, okra and tomatoes.
  
  
• Sarma - A leaf-roll filled with minced meat, onions and rice.
  
  
  
• Tsarska turshiya - A mixture of pickled vegetables, containing carrots, cauliflower, celery and red peppers.
  
  
• Selska turshiya - Another mix of pickled vegetables. This one is made using cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, green peppers and green tomatoes.
  
  
• Garash - A walnut cake, frosted with cream and bitter chocolate, then covered with chocolate icing.
  
  
  
• Kozunak - Sweet bread with milk, butter, sugar, eggs, raisins and lemon zest.

• Bulgarian Recipes & Cookbooks
  
  
• Recipes and Cookbooks

Bulgarian Rhapsody : The Best of Balkan Cuisine By Linda J. Forristal Sunrise Pine Pr Paperback (152 pages) List Price: $14.95* Lowest New Price: $14.90* Lowest Used Price: $10.84* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Amazon.com Review: Bulgaria is a small Balkan country that gets little attention. On a visit in 1990, however, Linda Joyce Forristal fell in love with both the country and its food. In Bulgarian Rhapsody, she painstakingly presents Bulgarian cooking, placing emphasis on many of its full-flavored and colorful vegetarian dishes, though popular meat dishes are included as well. The Bulgarian kitchen is heavily influenced by Mediterranean cooking, not a surprise since the neighboring Turks occupied it for 500 years. Greece is also a neighbor, along with Romania and Yugoslavia. Bulgarians favor the slow cooking of stews and soups. They use fresh vegetables, particularly tomatoes, sweet red peppers, eggplant, zucchini, and potatoes. Stuffed grape leaves, phyllo pies, and mousaka--the Bulgarian spelling--will be familiar. Forristal offers a meatless mousaka made with zucchini and several kinds of plakiya, stews that are vibrant with tomatoes and onions, similar to dishes you find in Greek restaurants. The gyuveches are baked stews that resemble their Romanian counterparts. The typical meatless one made with string beans, tomatoes, eggplant, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, red and green bell peppers, and zucchini, resembles a ratatouille. The one made with sausages and red peppers is much simpler. If you enjoy discovering new dishes, tutmanik, a quickbread made with cheese, and Baked Peppers Stuffed with White Beans are alluring. The potato salad seasoned with oregano and paprika is also different from the usual. Do ignore one technique Forristal uses: peeling roasted peppers under running water washes away much of their flavor. Better to leave a few charred specks of skin than to do this. --Dana Jacobi

Bulgarian Rhapsody : The Best of Balkan Cuisine By Linda J. Forristal Sunrise Pine Pr Paperback (152 pages) List Price: $14.95* Lowest New Price: $14.90* Lowest Used Price: $10.84* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Amazon.com Review: Bulgaria is a small Balkan country that gets little attention. On a visit in 1990, however, Linda Joyce Forristal fell in love with both the country and its food. In Bulgarian Rhapsody, she painstakingly presents Bulgarian cooking, placing emphasis on many of its full-flavored and colorful vegetarian dishes, though popular meat dishes are included as well. The Bulgarian kitchen is heavily influenced by Mediterranean cooking, not a surprise since the neighboring Turks occupied it for 500 years. Greece is also a neighbor, along with Romania and Yugoslavia. Bulgarians favor the slow cooking of stews and soups. They use fresh vegetables, particularly tomatoes, sweet red peppers, eggplant, zucchini, and potatoes. Stuffed grape leaves, phyllo pies, and mousaka--the Bulgarian spelling--will be familiar. Forristal offers a meatless mousaka made with zucchini and several kinds of plakiya, stews that are vibrant with tomatoes and onions, similar to dishes you find in Greek restaurants. The gyuveches are baked stews that resemble their Romanian counterparts. The typical meatless one made with string beans, tomatoes, eggplant, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, red and green bell peppers, and zucchini, resembles a ratatouille. The one made with sausages and red peppers is much simpler. If you enjoy discovering new dishes, tutmanik, a quickbread made with cheese, and Baked Peppers Stuffed with White Beans are alluring. The potato salad seasoned with oregano and paprika is also different from the usual. Do ignore one technique Forristal uses: peeling roasted peppers under running water washes away much of their flavor. Better to leave a few charred specks of skin than to do this. --Dana Jacobi

A Taste of Bulgarian Cuisine Released: 2012-01-04 Kindle Edition   Product Description: A Taste of Bulgarian Cuisine book will bring to your table some of the best and the tastiest dishes from the traditional Bulgarian kitchen. You will enjoy preparing and tasting every one of the meals! The book contains recipes from the unique Bulgarian cuisine. All of those recipes are indigenous to the region, which means that you will likely find in them characteristics of other national cuisines from across the Balkan Peninsula - those of Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Turkey. So if you like the taste of these countries, you will love the recipes in this book.

A Taste of Bulgarian Cuisine Released: 2012-01-04 Kindle Edition   Product Description: A Taste of Bulgarian Cuisine book will bring to your table some of the best and the tastiest dishes from the traditional Bulgarian kitchen. You will enjoy preparing and tasting every one of the meals! The book contains recipes from the unique Bulgarian cuisine. All of those recipes are indigenous to the region, which means that you will likely find in them characteristics of other national cuisines from across the Balkan Peninsula - those of Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Turkey. So if you like the taste of these countries, you will love the recipes in this book.

The Food & Cooking of Romania & Bulgaria: Ingredients and traditions in over 65 recipes with 300 photographs By Silvena Johan Lauta Anness Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $29.99* Lowest New Price: $18.89* Lowest Used Price: $18.91* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Discover the delicious and intriguing cuisine at the heart of Eastern Europe Cooking by leading cookbook writer Silvena Johan Lauta (also known as Silvena Rowe).

The Food & Cooking of Romania & Bulgaria: Ingredients and traditions in over 65 recipes with 300 photographs By Silvena Johan Lauta Anness Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $29.99* Lowest New Price: $18.89* Lowest Used Price: $18.91* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Discover the delicious and intriguing cuisine at the heart of Eastern Europe Cooking by leading cookbook writer Silvena Johan Lauta (also known as Silvena Rowe).

From My Grandmother's Kitchen: A Sephardic Cookbook- An exotic blend of Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian & Spanish Cuisines By Viviane Miner Triad Pub Co Paperback (184 pages) List Price: $8.95* Lowest Used Price: $13.30* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Clean tight no marks or clips, a hint of cornering.and a cross crease to spine head. 8vo

From My Grandmother's Kitchen: A Sephardic Cookbook- An exotic blend of Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian & Spanish Cuisines By Viviane Miner Triad Pub Co Paperback (184 pages) List Price: $8.95* Lowest Used Price: $13.30* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Clean tight no marks or clips, a hint of cornering.and a cross crease to spine head. 8vo

Traditional Bulgarian Cooking By Atanas Slavov Hippocrene Books Hardcover (150 pages) List Price: $22.50* Lowest New Price: $58.00* Lowest Used Price: $55.65* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Bulgaria, which stretches out and east from the Danube, is a colourful patchwork of mountains, forests, waters, and some of the best vegetable-growing land in the world. Here is a real taste of authentic Bulgarian home cooking -- characterised by a blend of South Slav and strong Turkish influences, within the framework of the great Mediterranean culinary tradition. As the world's undisputed centre of yoghurt production, Bulgaria boasts many creative and tasty dishes with this ingredient. This collection of over 140 authentic Bulgarian recipes spans the range of home cooking: stews and hearty soups; lamb, poultry, grilled meats and game; vegetarian delights; cheese pastries; desserts; and even soft drinks.

Traditional Bulgarian Cooking By Atanas Slavov Hippocrene Books Hardcover (150 pages) List Price: $22.50* Lowest New Price: $58.00* Lowest Used Price: $55.65* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Bulgaria, which stretches out and east from the Danube, is a colourful patchwork of mountains, forests, waters, and some of the best vegetable-growing land in the world. Here is a real taste of authentic Bulgarian home cooking -- characterised by a blend of South Slav and strong Turkish influences, within the framework of the great Mediterranean culinary tradition. As the world's undisputed centre of yoghurt production, Bulgaria boasts many creative and tasty dishes with this ingredient. This collection of over 140 authentic Bulgarian recipes spans the range of home cooking: stews and hearty soups; lamb, poultry, grilled meats and game; vegetarian delights; cheese pastries; desserts; and even soft drinks.

Classic Recipes From Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia & Slovenia: Over 70 deliciously authentic traditional dishes shown step-by-step in 250 simple-to-follow photographs By Lesley Chamberlain Anness Paperback (96 pages) List Price: $9.99* Lowest Used Price: $36.54* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The outstanding volume on the classic cooking of the Balkan region presents a definitive collection of recipes from this fascinating area. Seafood, summer fruits and vegetables are transformed with fresh herbs and spices into piquant dishes with subtle inter-regional variations of tastes and textures.

Classic Recipes From Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia & Slovenia: Over 70 deliciously authentic traditional dishes shown step-by-step in 250 simple-to-follow photographs By Lesley Chamberlain Anness Paperback (96 pages) List Price: $9.99* Lowest Used Price: $36.54* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The outstanding volume on the classic cooking of the Balkan region presents a definitive collection of recipes from this fascinating area. Seafood, summer fruits and vegetables are transformed with fresh herbs and spices into piquant dishes with subtle inter-regional variations of tastes and textures.

Bulgarian Cuisine: The Best Traditional Recipes By Dimitar Mantov Abm Komers Hardcover (104 pages) List Price: $62.50* Lowest New Price: $62.50* Lowest Used Price: $22.65* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Over the course of 35 years, the author of this book has collected more than 4,500 cooking recipes from all over Bulgaria. They reflect the thousand-year old cultural traditions and relations, as well as an important part of the present-day lifestyle of the people of Bulgaria. Bulgarian Cuisine presents the reader with some of the most popular culinary riches of Bulgarian culture.

Bulgarian Cuisine: The Best Traditional Recipes By Dimitar Mantov Abm Komers Hardcover (104 pages) List Price: $62.50* Lowest New Price: $62.50* Lowest Used Price: $22.65* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Over the course of 35 years, the author of this book has collected more than 4,500 cooking recipes from all over Bulgaria. They reflect the thousand-year old cultural traditions and relations, as well as an important part of the present-day lifestyle of the people of Bulgaria. Bulgarian Cuisine presents the reader with some of the most popular culinary riches of Bulgarian culture.

Cooking With A Bulgarian Accent: 300 Original Bulgarian Recipes By Margarita Janakiev Fundcraft Plastic Comb (191 pages) Lowest Used Price: $18.00* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Well organized with 6 sections Published for Cafe Sofia's 20th anniversary Product Description: Chefs Margarita and Bozidar Janakiev of Bulgaria share their Winchester, Virginia's Cafe Sofia recipes. Soups, salads, appetizers, main dishes, pastires, vegetables, desserts. Delicious!

Cooking With A Bulgarian Accent: 300 Original Bulgarian Recipes By Margarita Janakiev Fundcraft Plastic Comb (191 pages) Lowest Used Price: $18.00* *(As of 11:37 Pacific 5 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Well organized with 6 sections Published for Cafe Sofia's 20th anniversary Product Description: Chefs Margarita and Bozidar Janakiev of Bulgaria share their Winchester, Virginia's Cafe Sofia recipes. Soups, salads, appetizers, main dishes, pastires, vegetables, desserts. Delicious!