| Macedonian Cuisine |
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| Leb (bread) |
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Ingredients needed
• 1 package (1 tablespoon) active dry yeast
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
How to prepare:
In a mixing bowl, combine yeast with 1 1/2 cups of flour. Combine water, oil, salt, and sugar and add to yeast mixture. Bea... |
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| Baklava |
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Baklava is a heavy dessert mainly served in winter. Average Macedonian family makes it 2-3 times a year, but in the pastery all over Macedonia it is served during the whole year. Nowadays filling differs much. Therefore you can choose between tree common fillings.
Baklava is served with plain water.
For 32 servings.
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| Heavy Cream |
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Kajmak
pronounced: kay-muck
• 1 qt. milk
• 1 pt. heavy cream
Boil the milk in shallow enamel pan. Carefully, pour the cream in from as high as possible. Simmer mixture on low fire for about 2 hrs. Turn off the heat and allow it to stand without mixing for 6 hours. Then turn on heat again and simmer on very low fire fo... |
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| Sutlijash (Rice Pudding) |
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Ingredients needed:
• 4 cups (1 l) milk
• 2/3 cup (155 g) sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 lemon zest strip
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 cups (1.5 l) water
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup (105 g) white rice
• 3 egg yolks
• ground cinnamon for garnish
• almonds for garnish, optional
How to prepare:
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| Home Made "Pogacha" with Eggs |
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Ingredients:
• 750 gr. - 1kg flour
• salt
• 2 tablespoons lukewarm milk or water
• 20 gr. fresh yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 dl. oil
• lukewarm water as needed
• 2-3 eggs
• salt
• lard or oil for greasing
• flour for dusting
Sift flour. Crumble yeast, add some sugar, some flour and lukewarm water or m... |
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| Wine culture |
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| Wine Basics for Beginners |
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Each of us is evolving in our personal cultural experience. Perhaps you too have come to the place where you're ready to experience more adventure as a connoisseur. There is culture in wine. It can be found in the ritual of drinking it, appreciating the craft of the winemaker, and in the wine's stimulation to our taste buds. And... |
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| Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tips |
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Champagne is a region of France, and only wines which come from this region can properly be called "Champagne". Similar drinks from the rest of the world should be called "sparkling wines".
Champagne's signature bubbles were included by accident! Back in the 1700s, wine was supposed to be flat, like most wine is today. Bubb... |
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| How Wine is Made |
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Each of us is evolving in our personal cultural experience. Perhaps you too have come to the place where you're ready to experience more adventure as a connoisseur. There is culture in wine. It can be found in the ritual of drinking it, appreciating the craft of the winemaker, and in the wine's stimulation to our taste buds. And... |
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| Tips for Getting Into Wine |
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Many people who were not raised in a wine drinking family decide they want to start drinking wine in their adult years, both because it adds a lovely flavor to meals and because of the health benefits. How do you get started with healthy wine drinking?
First off, it would be impossible for me (or any other 3rd party) to tell y... |
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