Two quick and tasty additions to clear soups Austria and surrounding countries tend to start (not only) Sunday lunches with soups. In most cases these are clear soups, based on chicken or beef broth, alternatively a vegetarian vegetable broth. The basic broth is then enhanced with various Suppeneinlagen, i.e. added dumplings and similar. Best known…
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Ajvar 🇭🇷 🇲🇰 🇷🇸 🇲🇪 🇧🇦
Ajvar is a popular Balkan relish based on red peppers, and several local variations exist, the most famous one being the (North) Macedonian (n. b. strictly speaking, Macedonian ajvar is made only with peppers, while all the other versions also contain aubergines). Even if the variations are small, each country, even each family, tends to…
Pileći paprikaš 🇭🇷
This simple, but tasty chicken stew with peppers exists in several variations in the Panonic region. The most famous version is probably the Hungarian 🇭🇺 one. As far as I could check, the main difference with respect to my country’s, Croatian, one is that in Hungary you usually add sour cream, while we Croatians don’t….
Köy peyniri 🇹🇷?! Domaći kuhani sir 🇭🇷?! In any case, it’s easy homemade cheese!
Have you ever made your own cheese? If no, is it because you are afraid it is too complicated? That was my reason not to try it until recently – first time I made it last summer. When I dared it, I opted for a Turkish 🇹🇷 recipe, later I learned that in Croatia 🇭🇷…
Cooker on the Orient Express 