The Most Delicious Dishes in Bulgarian Cuisine
Bulgarian cuisine combines the traditional dishes of our lands with the spiciness, appetizing appearance and unique aroma of the Orient. A combination created over the centuries… And the most delicious are the wonderful ingredients from the Balkans which fascinates every foreigner.
Among the most popular products used in Bulgarian cuisine are white brined cheese and yogurt, and all well-known recipes have been created for centuries. But who are the most liked by foreigners? Those who leave them speechless, you can see in our top 5.
The Most Liked Meals from the Bulgarian Cuisine
Shopska and Shepherd’s Salad
Undoubtedly, the Shopska salad is the leader in the ranking, but we put it in the first place together with the Shepherd’s salad, because it is not inferior to it. The wonderful combination of vegetable flavors is something that most people “fall in love” with.
Yoghurt
Our country is known around the world, especially in Asia, with the yoghurt. For us, yogurt may be quite ordinary, but travelers who have not tried it always remain fascinated.
Banitsa
Quick, easy and very tasty! If you have guests from another country, be sure to prepare banitsa for them. We guarantee that they will like it.
Moussaka
It is not a completely Bulgarian dish, but if we have to characterize the Balkan cuisine as a whole, we will note that there are many similar recipes with some variations in different places.
Barbecue
Lamb or piglet (whichever you prefer), roasted on embers = meat that just falls apart and melts in your mouth. The aroma is simply indescribable.
A Brief History of Bulgarian Cuisine
We have already mentioned that nowadays the cuisine combines the traditions and tastes of the Balkan peoples with those of the Asian world. In the past, the creation of the Bulgarian state marked the beginning of the merging of the kitchens of the Thracians, Slavs and Proto-Bulgarians. Thus, a common national cuisine is gradually being built, in which each of the ethnic groups has its contribution.
According to the researches, the main ingredients of ancient cuisine in our lands were traditional vegetables (cabbage, carrots, beets, turnips, onions, garlic), various types of meat (sheep, goat, pork, beef, poultry, game), cereals ( millet, oats, barley, rye, wheat), as well as legumes (beans, lentils, peas, vetch). Later (sometime around the 16th and 17th centuries), recipes began to be enriched with plants and animals found in America. Previously unknown foods such as beans, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, sunflowers, turkey and others appear. But that’s not all, the mix becomes even bigger with the addition of rice, eggplant and special spices from the east. After the Liberation, European cuisine began to have a serious influence.
After 1965, many of the main ingredients were missing from the market, so people began to replace them with others that are still part of our national cuisine. For example, butter has been replaced with lard, olives – with pickles… Balkantourist creates some of the emblematic dishes of our country. Then the transition required other innovations such as various modifications of “Shopska salad”, “Shepherd’s salad”, “Mill salad”, kavrma.
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