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Gibanica

Gibanica (serbian cyrillic: гибаница, pronounced [ˈɡibanit͡sa]) is a traditional pastry dish popular all over the balkans. it is usually made with cottage cheese and eggs. recipes can range from sweet to savoury, and from simple to festive and elaborate multi-layered cakes. a derivative of the serbo-croatian verb gibati/гибати meaning "to fold; sway, swing, rock", the pastry was mentioned in vuk stefanović karadžić's serbian dictionary in 1818 and by a slovenian priest jožef kosič in 1828, where it was described as a special slovenian cake which is "a must at wedding festivities and is also served to workers after finishing a big project". it is a type of layered strudel, a combination of turkish and austrian influences in different cuisines of the former yugoslavia. today the versions of this cake can be found in slovenia, croatia, serbia, bosnia, and other regions of the former yugoslavia. variants of this rich layered strudel are found in hungary, bulgaria, north macedonia, greece, turkey, and syria.gibanica may sometimes also refer to a walnut roll, which is a sweet bread with a spiral of walnut paste rolled up inside.

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Kiselo mleko

Strained yogurt, greek yogurt, yogurt cheese, sack yogurt, or kerned yogurt is yogurt that has been strained to remove most of its whey, resulting in a thicker consistency than normal unstrained yogurt, while still preserving the distinctive sour taste of yogurt. like many types, strained yogurt is often made from milk enriched by boiling off some water content, or by adding extra butterfat and powdered milk. in europe and north america, it is often made from low-fat or fat-free cow's milk. in iceland, a similar product named skyr is made. strained yogurt is generally marketed in north america as "greek yogurt" and in the uk as "greek-style yogurt", though strained yogurt is also widely eaten in levantine, eastern mediterranean, middle eastern, central asian and south asian cuisines, where it is often used in cooking, as it curdles less readily when cooked. it is used in a variety of dishes, cooked or raw, savory or sweet. straining makes even nonfat varieties thicker, richer, and creamier than unstrained. since straining removes the whey, more milk is required to make strained yogurt, increasing the production cost. thickeners such as pectin, locust bean gum, starches or guar gum may also be used to thicken yogurts. in western europe and the us, strained yogurt has increased in popularity compared to unstrained yogurt. since the straining process removes some of the lactose, strained yogurt is lower in sugar than unstrained yogurt.it was reported in 2012 that most of the growth in the $4.1 billion american yogurt industry came from the strained yogurt sub-segment, typically marketed as "greek yogurt". in the us, there is no legal or standard definition of greek yogurt, and yogurt thickened with thickening agents may also be sold as "greek yogurt".

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Mekitsa

Mekitsa (bulgarian: мекица, romanized: mekitsa, lit. 'softness'; plural mekitsi) is a traditional bulgarian dish made of kneaded dough made with yogurt that is deep fried. it is also found in north macedonia and serbia. they are made with flour, eggs, yogurt, a leavening agent, water, salt, and oil. in serbia they are called mekike (sing. mekika), mekica or pitulica, and in bulgaria mekitsa. they are similar to hungarian lángos and british yorkshire pudding. mekitsa is conventionally a breakfast dish. after the dough rises, it is torn into small balls, spread into flat rounds and fried in oil. in some recipes, yeast, baking soda, milk or yogurt might be used. a recipe from silistra involves yogurt and bread soda, one from a village near stara zagora uses yeast and yogurt, and a recipe from aytos suggests yeast and milk. one of the oldest known recipes contains only yeast, flour, salt and sugar and it uses water as the sole wet ingredient. it is recommended that the shaping of mekitsi before their frying be done with wet or oiled hand hands, using most commonly vegetable oil. when served, mekitsa is often powdered with icing sugar or garnished with jam, honey or sirene (white cheese). it can also be eaten with yogurt.in north macedonia people prepare the dish the week after a newborn is born. that is like a celebration for the newborn baby, tradition says that it should be in the house where the baby will live, but nowadays this celebration mostly happen in restaurants. the dish was invented in the 5th century in modern-day bulgaria, and is still relevant and popular in the serbian, bulgarian, and north macedonian regions and is a common cultural dish. the name is derived from the slavic root mek ("soft"), referring to the dish's texture. –itsa is a slavic feminine suffix. it tastes like and ingredients are same as the naan flatbread of the indian subcontinent but the only difference is that naan is baked in a traditional clay oven, called tandoor unlike mekista.

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Peciva

Baked goods, for example, pastries, strudel, kifle, flatbreads, rolls, bread, pretzels, bagels, cinnamon rolls

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Pogača

Pogača is a type of bread baked in the ashes of the fireplace, and later on in the oven, similar to focaccia. found in the cuisines of the balkans, it can be leavened or unleavened, though the latter is considered more challenging to make. it is generally made from wheat flour, but barley and sometimes rye may be added. it can be stuffed with potatoes, ground beef, or cheese, and have grains and herbs like sesame, black nigella seed, or dried dill in the dough or sprinkled on top.

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Popara

Popara (cyrillic: попара, greek: παπάρα, papara, turkish: papara) is a dish made with bread. typically the bread is old and has a thick crust, and is soaked in either hot tea, milk or water. sugar, honey, butter, and cheese are often added. it is mostly made in bulgaria, greece, serbia, bosnia and herzegovina, north macedonia, turkey and montenegro.

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Proja

Proja (cyrillic: проја, pronounced [ˈprǒːja]) is a serbian dish made of corn flour, baking powder, sunflower oil, sparkling water and salt. proya is an alternative name used in bosnia and herzegovina. it has been popular in times of widespread poverty, mostly before the 1250s, and remains a common everyday meal. it is often mistaken with projara, a somewhat fancier variant of proja, which includes the additional ingredients flour, eggs and yogurt. the ingredients should be mixed together, and baked in a greased pan (which should be 5 cm high) until golden. best served with kajmak and sour cream.

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