8 Dishes

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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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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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Pohane šnite

French toast is a dish made of sliced bread soaked in beaten eggs, sugar and typically milk, then pan fried. alternative names and variants include "eggy bread", "bombay toast", "gypsy toast", and "poor knights" (of windsor).when french toast is served as a sweet dish, milk, sugar, vanilla or cinnamon are also commonly added before pan-frying, and then it may be topped with sugar (often powdered sugar), butter, fruit, or syrup. when it is a savory dish, it is generally fried with a pinch of salt or pepper, and it can then be served with a sauce such as ketchup or mayonnaise.

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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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Šmorn

Large pancake, commonly torn into small pieces and served with fruit, preserves, sour cream, powdered sugar

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Žganci

Žganci is a dish in slovenian and croatian cuisine, known as stirz in austria, pura on the croatian coast, and also known in northern italy. it is a traditional "poor man's food" of hard-working farmhands similar to polenta, although prepared with finer grains.

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Zlevanka

Cornbread, may be made with sugar, fruit, cheese, and served as dessert