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       Balkan food - has anyone made it?
       By: ManyHats Date: January 28, 2025, 9:21 am
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       I watched a reel about Balkan cuisine this morning and this was
       one of the featured dishes. Now I want to try making it.
  HTML https://thebalkanhostess.com/przenice/
       These also appeal to me as I can't abide American (sweet) baked
       beans. I only like sweet beans in Asian desserts.
  HTML https://thebalkanhostess.com/prebranac/
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       Re: Balkan food - has anyone made it?
       By: farmgirl Date: January 28, 2025, 10:06 am
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       I haven't made the recipes you've posted.  But I have a cookbook
       called, "The Eastern European Cookbook" and have cooked various
       things from that over the years.  The recipe I made the most
       times was "Spicy Fish, Slovenian Style."  We have enjoyed it and
       made it with inexpensive frozen fish - usually cod.
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       Re: Balkan food - has anyone made it?
       By: cattlekid Date: January 28, 2025, 10:45 am
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       So my husband's family is Serbian on his dad's side.
       Interestingly enough I am not familiar with przenice, I will
       have to ask my husband why no one in his family makes it.  Maybe
       it's a breakfast thing.  If so we, usually make palacinke
       (crepes).  This is close to the recipe that we use for
       palacinke:
  HTML https://www.food.com/recipe/palacinky-slovak-crepes-suzettes-154537<br
       />
       I have made prebanac in the past, for some reason I haven't
       thought about it in a while.
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       Re: Balkan food - has anyone made it?
       By: Thetis099 Date: January 28, 2025, 11:50 am
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       I could eat weight in Bosnian Ajvar!  I can no longer eat whole
       garlic and it just isn't the same without it, so I don't make
       Ajvar anymore.  Too bad we lost our local Bosnian restaurant to
       the pandemic - that's where I first tasted Ajvar as a spread on
       their wonderful homemade bread.
  HTML https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/2015/09/traditional-bosnian-ajvar-recipe-pepper-eggplant-chutney.html
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       Re: Balkan food - has anyone made it?
       By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: January 28, 2025, 4:13 pm
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       [quote author=Thetis099 link=topic=3325.msg301718#msg301718
       date=1738086628]
       I could eat weight in Bosnian Ajvar!  I can no longer eat whole
       garlic and it just isn't the same without it, so I don't make
       Ajvar anymore.  Too bad we lost our local Bosnian restaurant to
       the pandemic - that's where I first tasted Ajvar as a spread on
       their wonderful homemade bread.
  HTML https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/2015/09/traditional-bosnian-ajvar-recipe-pepper-eggplant-chutney.html
       [/quote]
       That sounds delicious.
       Not something I’d make but if I can find a restaurant I’d sure
       try it.
       ETA. I have a friend whose ancestry is Serbian. I’ll ask her if
       it’s familiar to her and if she knows of a restaurant in
       northern Minnesota thst serves it.
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       Re: Balkan food - has anyone made it?
       By: billieryder Date: July 13, 2025, 12:19 pm
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       [quote author=MidwestmikkiJ link=topic=3325.msg301778#msg301778
       date=1738102404]
       [quote author=Thetis099 link=topic=3325.msg301718#msg301718
       date=1738086628]
       I could eat weight in Bosnian Ajvar!  I can no longer eat whole
       garlic and it just isn't the same without it, so I don't make
       Ajvar anymore.  Too bad we lost our local Bosnian restaurant to
       the pandemic - that's where I first tasted Ajvar as a spread on
       their wonderful homemade bread.
  HTML https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/2015/09/traditional-bosnian-ajvar-recipe-pepper-eggplant-chutney.html
       [/quote]
       That sounds delicious.
       Not something I’d make but if I can find a restaurant I’d sure
       try it.
       ETA. I have a friend whose ancestry is Serbian. I’ll ask her if
       it’s familiar to her and if she knows of a restaurant in
       northern Minnesota thst serves it.
       [/quote]
       Around here, Ajvar is found in Halal markets as well as markets
       that specialize in Eastern European foods.  Quality varies by
       brand a far bit in my opinion.  A reasonable substitute is
       Luteniza (various spellings).
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