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Balkan Cuisine Recipes

🍲 Balkan White Bean Soup (Creamy, Smoky, and Soul-Warming)
Soups and Stews
🍲 Balkan White Bean Soup (Creamy, Smoky, and Soul-Warming)

This hearty white bean soup is slow-cooked with root vegetables, smoked paprika, and bay leaf — just…

🍑 Plum & Yogurt Smoothie (Creamy, Tangy, and Balkan-Rooted)
Smoothies
🍑 Plum & Yogurt Smoothie (Creamy, Tangy, and Balkan-Rooted)

This smoothie blends sweet ripe plums with creamy yogurt and a touch of honey — a modern tribute to …

🌶️ Ajvar (Smoky, Velvety, and Truly Balkan)
Sauces
🌶️ Ajvar (Smoky, Velvety, and Truly Balkan)

Ajvar is the Balkan soul in a jar — roasted red peppers and eggplants turned into a silky, smoky spr…

🥗 Šopska Salad (Crisp, Juicy, and Cheese-Crowned)
Salads
🥗 Šopska Salad (Crisp, Juicy, and Cheese-Crowned)

This iconic Balkan salad is the taste of every summer table — crunchy vegetables, creamy white chees…

🥧 Rolled Cheese Burek (Crispy Layers, Soft Cheese, Pure Balkan)
Pies and Doughs
🥧 Rolled Cheese Burek (Crispy Layers, Soft Cheese, Pure Balkan)

This cheese burek is rolled into spirals, baked until golden, and pulled apart with your fingers whi…

🥘 Slow-Cooked Beef Stew (Tender, Hearty, and Sunday-Style)
Main Dishes
🥘 Slow-Cooked Beef Stew (Tender, Hearty, and Sunday-Style)

This traditional Balkan beef stew simmers low and slow until every bite melts in your mouth. Made wi…

🐟 Baked Trout with Garlic & Lemon (Simple, Fresh, and Balkan-Style)
Fish and Seafood
🐟 Baked Trout with Garlic & Lemon (Simple, Fresh, and Balkan-Style)

This rustic Balkan-style trout is roasted whole with garlic, lemon, and herbs — just the way it was …

🫑 Stuffed Peppers with Rice & Herbs (Light, Savory, and Meat-Free)
Fasting Dishes
🫑 Stuffed Peppers with Rice & Herbs (Light, Savory, and Meat-Free)

These soft roasted peppers filled with herbed rice were grandma’s way of honoring fasting days witho…

🍯 Walnut Gibanica Bites (Sweet, Buttery, and Golden)
Desserts
🍯 Walnut Gibanica Bites (Sweet, Buttery, and Golden)

This is the dessert grandma made when guests arrived unannounced. Buttery phyllo layers wrapped arou…

🍒 Sour Cherry Rakija Spritz (Bold, Bubbly, Balkan)
Cocktails
🍒 Sour Cherry Rakija Spritz (Bold, Bubbly, Balkan)

This refreshing cocktail brings together homemade sour cherry rakija and sparkling water, just like …

🧄 Warm Garlic Dinner Rolls (Soft, Fluffy, and Balkan-Inspired)
Appetizers
🧄 Warm Garlic Dinner Rolls (Soft, Fluffy, and Balkan-Inspired)

These soft, homemade garlic rolls were a Sunday classic on Balkan tables. Fluffy inside, golden outs…

🥗🧀 Grandma’s Greek Salad (Crisp, Bright, and Full of Freshness)
Salads
🥗🧀 Grandma’s Greek Salad (Crisp, Bright, and Full of Freshness)

This is the salad grandma would make when she wanted everything to feel like a vacation. Crisp cucum…

🍓🧊 Grandma’s Summer Sunset Smoothie (Cold, Creamy, and Cherry-Kissed)
Smoothies
🍓🧊 Grandma’s Summer Sunset Smoothie (Cold, Creamy, and Cherry-Kissed)

This was grandma’s “drink, not dessert” creation every summer. A blender full of ripe peaches, cherr…

🧄🌿 Grandma’s Balkan Garlic Sauce (Creamy, Tangy, Always the First to Go)
Sauces
🧄🌿 Grandma’s Balkan Garlic Sauce (Creamy, Tangy, Always the First to Go)

This was the sauce that magically appeared next to grilled anything. Smoky meats, roasted veggies, w…

🥒🍋 Grandma’s Cucumber Salad with Garlic Yogurt (Cool, Creamy, Balkan-Style Crunch)
Salads
🥒🍋 Grandma’s Cucumber Salad with Garlic Yogurt (Cool, Creamy, Balkan-Style Crunch)

This is not your average salad. It’s cold, creamy, tangy, and smells like garlic met a garden. Grand…

🧀🥧 Grandma’s Savory Cheese Pie (Crispy Filo, Melts in Your Soul)
Pies and Doughs
🧀🥧 Grandma’s Savory Cheese Pie (Crispy Filo, Melts in Your Soul)

This pie is what childhood smells like – golden, crackling filo with warm cheese inside, steaming as…

🍗🔥 Baked Chicken with Garlic & Yogurt (Crispy Skin, Balkan Soul)
Main Dishes
🍗🔥 Baked Chicken with Garlic & Yogurt (Crispy Skin, Balkan Soul)

This was the Sunday special in our house – the smell hit you at the door, and you knew you had exact…

🐟✨ Herb-Crusted Grandpa Cod (Crispy Outside, Tender Like a Hug)
Fish and Seafood
🐟✨ Herb-Crusted Grandpa Cod (Crispy Outside, Tender Like a Hug)

Grandpa wasn’t a cook – but this was his “fancy” dish. He’d slap herbs on fish like he was planting …

🌿🥔 Monastery Potato Stew (Quiet, Humble, and Seriously Good)
Fasting Dishes
🌿🥔 Monastery Potato Stew (Quiet, Humble, and Seriously Good)

This stew tastes like Sunday silence and soft slippers. It’s the kind of meal monks might eat after …

🍑🥄 Lazy Peach Dumplings (So Easy, It’s Almost Cheating)
Desserts
🍑🥄 Lazy Peach Dumplings (So Easy, It’s Almost Cheating)

These were grandma’s go-to when guests showed up “by surprise” (a.k.a. with zero warning). Soft past…