Pogacha (pogača) is a traditional bread without yeast. It was once baked daily in every Balkan and Central European home. There are as many ways to prepare pogacha as there are stars in the sky. Here’s an easy, mouth-watering version. (Recept na bosanskom: Pogača) Background: Pogacha (pogača) is almost synonymous with bread in the Balkans. …
Breads & Pastries
Balkan Cornbread (Kukuruza)
Whoever came up with phrase “breaking bread” had no idea they were talking about Balkan cornbread: a slightly sweet, sturdy, comfort staple you don’t use a knife to cut, but break it apart old-school – with your hands. Best eaten a day later in a bowl of milk. (BOSANSKI) TO KNOW GOOD CORNBREAD IS…
Slanci: Balkan Breadsticks
Golden breadsticks, painted with salt, with just the right amount of crunch. (BOSANSKI) The fall has descended upon Sarajevo. A nice reprieve from the scorching summer. The clock moved, the temperatures fell. The sun, bright but farther, is lighting up the sky that the wind previously cleared so well, for a moment it may trick…
Chocolate Nutella Strudel
Chocolate Nutella strudel: chocolate infused flour caressed into dough, let to rise, smeared with huge chunks of Nutella, toped with egg yolk glaze, then baked. Tastes like heaven! (BOSANSKI) Nutella has become a beloved spread across the world. In the Balkans, Nutella and other chocolate spreads – strudels too – have for several decades been…
Braided Sweet Bread (Slatka Pletenica)
Braided sweet bread: a soft milk based dough (optionally filled with raisins, dried fruit or chocolate), painted with egg yolks and baked until golden. It’s time we bond with bread again. (BOSANSKI) Braided sweet bread is universal. It’d be a tough ordeal to find a culture that doesn’t have a version of it in its repertoire….
Buckwheat Mini Breads (Hljepčići od Heljde)
Soft and flavorful buckwheat mini breads further enriched with sunflower seeds. A simple way to inspire you to make your own dough.(BOSANSKI) When I returned to Sarajevo there was a period of loneliness. I needed to make new friends, and new memories with the old ones. And so started our monthly dinners. Two moms. Two pairs…
