North Macedonia
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Tavče Gravče
North Macedonia's national beans: giant Tetovo beans baked slowly in an earthenware pot with onion and paprika until they turn creamy and brick-red. Ingredients: large white beans (Tetovo's famous crop), onions (many), d…
Pastrmajlija
Štip's oval meat bread: a yeasted flatbread topped with cubed pork or chicken and eggs, baked in wood ovens — the Macedonian 'pizza' that predates the word here. Ingredients: flour, yeast, water, salt (dough); topping: p…
Turli Tava
The mixed-pot medley: a baked ratatouille of okra, eggplant, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and (sometimes) meat, cooked earthenware-slow all over the Balkans. Ingredients: eggplant, okra, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, onion…
Zelnik
The coiled greens pie: whisper-thin dough spiralled with leeks, spinach, cheese or cabbage, baked until crisp — Macedonia's answer to the Balkan burek family, rolled by hand. Ingredients: flour, water, salt, oil (dough);…
World Cuisines
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