Balkan Lunch Box

No Bake Walnut Pralines (Bajadera)

No bake walnut pralines are a three layer easy-to-do dessert. A homemade version of the regional Bajadera candy, these pralines are less creamy but more filling. No bake walnut pralines are a three layer easy to do dessert. A homemade version of regional Bajadera candy, these pralines are less creamy but equally filling. (BOSANSKI) Bajadera is well known in the area. Read more

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Chocolate Cake Rolls

Chocolate cake rolls are deep and rich two-layer rolls that keep well in the freezer for a while, yet are fresh every time you serve them. So good you'll want to make two batches at once. Roll cake is a deep and rich two layer roll that keeps well in the freezer for a while, yet is fresh every time you serve it. It's so good you'll want to make two batches at once.  (BOSANSKI) Around the holidays our households (I assume this is true for you as well), are turned upside down as mom, Aleksandra, I and sometimes my niece too, get busy making desserts. A ... Read more

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Cheat Ajvar

If you want to improve store ajvar (the famous Balkan roasted eggplant and red pepper spread), or you want to make it the easy way, here's the quickest "not from scratch" recipe. I call it cheat ajvar.

If you want to improve store ajvar (famous Balkan roasted eggplant and roasted red pepper spread) , or you want to make it the easy way, today we'll cover the quickest way to make ajvar without having to do it from scratch. I call it cheat ajvar. 

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No Bake Chocolate Pudding Biscuit Cake

Chocolate pudding biscuit cake: three tier no bake dessert made from ingredients you already have in your kitchen (pudding, biscuit, butter, heavy cream, sugar and milk). Because, sometimes, simple really is the best.  Chocolate pudding biscuit cake: three tier no bake dessert made from ingredients you already have in your kitchen (pudding, biscuit, butter, heavy cream, sugar and milk). Because, sometimes, simple really is the best.  Read more

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Balkan Bean Soup (Stew)

Dry beans soaked, added to simmered vegetables and meat, cooked over low fire, then thickened with a paprika based roux. The result is a delicious thick soup (stew) overflowing with meaty, hearty beans, processed to perfection. Dry beans soaked, added to simmered vegetables and meat, cooked over low fire, then thickened with a paprika based roux. The result is a delicious thick soup (stew) overflowing with meaty, hearty beans processed to perfection. (BOSANSKI) If you've noticed a similarity in today's bean soup with previous Read more

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