Macedonian Cuisine Recipes and Cooking

Macedonia is famous for many traditional dishes. Among these include recipes for tavce gravce (baked beans), goulash and corba (stews), desserts, and pastries. Zelnik, burek, kifle, sarma, shopska salata (a salad made of sliced tomato, cucumber and onion, topped with ground soft white cheese), and of course sutlijash are but naming a few. Selsko meso (pork chops and champignon mushrooms in a rich brown gravy), pastrmajlija (a sort of pizza topped with meat and sometimes egg) and, above all, ajvar (the national sauce, made from sweet red peppers). Macedonian meat dishes typically contain pork, lamb or veal. Traditional spices include paprika, onion and garlic.