Typical Menu Recipe

Bulgarians like to start the meal with a salad of chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and onions in summer or pickled vegetables in winter.Most main dishes are lamb, chicken or pork based. Grilled meats are also very popular.Sirene is the common cheese made from cow or sheep milk.Banitsa is a flaky pastry filled with sirene and often served for breakfast. It can also contain spinach, leeks or pumpkin and walnuts.Yogurt is a staple in the Bulgarian diet claimed to have originated there.Kapama is a traditional stew said to contain at least 7 types of meat cooked slowly in an earthenware pot