My favorite recipes

  • Sunday lunch: Sarma

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     Sarma – the Manna meal of the Balkans, is a dish that every single person in Balkans eats at least once a year. Usually, this meal is prepared around New year’s, but in many houses, it’s eaten throughout the winter. There are many slight differences to the recipe, but in 90% of homes in the…

  • What’s New year without Baklava?

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    One of the most popular New year pastries in the Balkans is Baklava. Almost every house has its own recipe and almost every house claims their Baklava is the best one.Of course, we also have our own recipe. I can’t say that it is the best one, but it is different and made for people…

  • Šape- Croatian Christmas cookies

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    Every country has its own traditional Christmas cookies.In parts of  Northern and Eastern Croatia, there is nothing more traditional than baking “šape” for Christmas.Šape (paws), little cookies that every house could make were one of the favorite Christmas sweets.They got their name from the shape of the tin molds they were made. Once they were…