Sopska Salata (Bulgaria)

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 cucumber, chopped in cubes

1 small onion, chopped

1-2 green or red peppers, roasted or raw, chopped (optional)

1/2 cup Bulgarian sirene cheese or feta cheese, shredded/crumbled

2-3 Tbsp oil (traditional: sunflower, lux: extra virgin olive oil)

1-2 Tbsp vinegar (traditional: red wine vinegar, lux: balsamic)

Salt to taste

 

Place tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and onion in a large bowl and toss. Mix oil, vinegar and salt to taste in a small bowl until blended. Toss dressing with vegetables, transfer into a serving bowl. Top with crumbled cheese. Serve fresh.

ENJOY

 

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TURKCE

2 domates, dogranmis

1 salatalik, dogranmis

1 kucuk boy sogan, dogranmis

1-2 yesil ya da kirmizi biber, kozlenmis ya da cig, dogranmis (istege bagli)

1 cay bardagi Bulgaristan sirene peyniri/beyaz peynir, rendelenmis

2-3 yemek kasigi sivi yag (geleneksel: aycicek yagi, luks: sizma zeytinyagi)

1-2 yemek kasigi sirke (geleneksel: uzum sirkesi, luks: balsamic sirke)

Tuz

 

Domates, salatalik, sogan ve biberleri genis bir kasede harmanlayin. Kucuk bir kasede; tuz, sirke ve siviyagi iyice karisana dek karistirin. Salata sosunu sebzelerin uzerine dokun ve nazikce karistirin. Servis tabagina alin ve uzerine rendelenmis sirene/beyaz peyniri koyun. Bekletmeden servis yapin.

AFIYET OLSUN

 

Ana Sayfaya Don

Banitsa (Bulgarian Cheese Pie)

Banitsa (banica and banitza) is a traditional Bulgarian pastry. Traditionally, some lucky charms are put into the pastry on some of the national holidays or other occasions including; Christmas Eve, the first day of Christmas, New Year's Eve, etc.

1 package phyllo (filo) dough (1 lb)
3 eggs
1 lb Bulgarian(sirene) cheese/ feta cheese
5-6 Tbsp butter
1 cup of milk or yogurt

Beat the eggs in a bowl and combine the crumbled cheese, yogurt/milk and eggs together. Cheese should be lumpy so don't over mix. Melt the butter in a cup. Butter the bottom of a Pyrex or oven tray. Lay one sheet of filo dough and spread some melted butter with a brush all over. Then continue layering and spreading butter until 5-6 sheets one after another. Spread some of the cheese mixture on top, and distribute evenly. Then repeat layering and spreading butter in between for another 3-4 sheets. Pour some cheese mixture and repeat layering until all mixture is used. Lay the last 3-4 sheets on the top with no butter in between. Spread the rest of the butter on top. Cut in portion sized pie slices or squares and bake in the preheated 400 F (200 C) oven until golden (for about 30 minutes).

ENJOY

Banitsa is served for breakfast, brunch or any time with plain yogurt, ayran or boza. I would recommend Turkish tea with Banitsa. Served hot or cold, it is always tasty.

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TURKCE

Banitsa (banica and banitza) geleneksel bir Bulgaristan hamur isidir. Banitsa yapilirken geleneksel olarak icine bazi kismetler koyulur ve Noel ve Yeni yil gibi ozel gunlerde ya da  bayramlarda servis edilir.

1 paket filo dough (hazir yufka)

3 yumurta

½ kg Bulgaristan peyniri (sirene)/ feta peyniri

5-6 yemek kasigi tereyagi

1 su bardagi yogurt ya da sut

Yumurtalari bir kasede cirpin ve uzerine yogurt/sut ve ufalanmis peyniri ilave edin. Peynir parcalarini cok dagitmadan nazikce karistirin.Tereyagini eritin ve bir kaseye alin. Borcam ya da firin tepsisinin dibini yaglayin. Bir parca yufkayi tepsiye yayin ve uzerini erimis tereyagi ile fircalayin. Sonra, ust uste 5-6 yufka olana dek yaglama islemine devam edin. Peynirli karisimin bir miktarini uzerine esit olarak dagitin. Tekrar tek tek yufkalari 3-4 tane olana dek tereyag ile yaglamaya devam edin. Yine peynirli karisimdan biraz koyun ve dagitin. Butun peynirli karisim bitene dek ayni islemi tekrarlayin. Son 3-4 parca yufkayi aralarina tereyegi surmeden en uste yerlestirin ve kalan tereyagini uzerine guzelce surun. Arzuya gore kare veya ucgen dilimler kesin ve onceden isitilmis 200 C (400 F) firinda yaklasik 30 dakika ya da uzeri kizarana dek pisirin.

AFIYET OLSUN

Banitsa kahvalti, cay saati ve gunun her ani sade yogurt, ayran veya boza ile ikram edilir. Benim tavsiyem yaninda Turk cayidir. Her turlu cok lezzetli oldugu icin sicak ya da soguk servis edilebilir.

Ana Sayfaya Don