Traditional recipes from Bulgaria

Monastery style bean soup 

Ingredients

200g white beans

2-3 carrots

1/2 a celery

1 onion

1-2 tomatoes

1-2 peppers

1-2 chillies (peppers, by choice)

parsley, mint

sunflower oil

salt

Directions

1. Soak the beans in cold water for 3-4 hours

2. Drain and pour fresh water

3. Boil (in an earthware) pot together with oil, finely chopped carrots, onion and celery

4. The sliced peppers, the grated tomatos and mint are added later, when the beans have turned tender

5. Salt and boil for another 15-20 min

Serve sprinkled with finely chopped parsley.

Bon apetit!Bulgaria 

Sirene po Shopski 

Ingredients

400 grams white cheese

150 grams yellow cheese

2 eggs

2 hot peppers

2 sliced tomatoes

2 chopped roasted peppers

oregano, parsley or any other dry green spice

Directions

1. Take two small earthware pots with lids ("gyuveche" pots) and put a layer of cheese

2. Then a layer of peppers and tomatoes later more cheese

3. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted

4. Then break an egg on top of each dish and cook till the egg is the consistency you like

5. Serve with salad and beer

Bon apetit! 

Informer: Georgi Ivanov

Excerpts from 'Ethno treasure hunt – Book of traditional recipes”, published by Velzys Gymnasium, Panevezys, Lithuania, coordinated by Rima Stongvilene, with the collaboration of Georgi Ivanov, Bulgaria, Domenica Crupi, Italy, Joanna Wilczynska, Poland, Daniela Buda, Romania, Ozgur Boyaci, Turkey, 2011.