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Bulgarian Food 🇧🇬
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By
Jamie Carl Lawrence
If you're ever in Bulgaria, make sure to try these delicious local delicacies 😋
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Breakfast & Brunch
Lunch & Dinner
Dessert & Sweets
Drinks
Breakfast & Brunch
The most important meal of the day!
A delicious breakfast/brunch!
Mekitsi (Bulgarian Fried Dough) - Chocolates & Chai
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Delicious, cheesy and flakey! Best when served by a Grandma!
Banitsa Recipe (Traditional Bulgarian Food) - Happy Foods Tube
My go to quick breakfast, tomato, aubergine and roasted pepper paste on toast, delicious!
Authentic Bulgarian Lutenitsa Recipe - The Balkan Recipes: A Taste …
Cheese on Toast with Minced Meat, imagine Welsh Rarebit but meaty.
Princess Sandwich
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Oily, thick, sweet, not healthy in the slightest yet delicious.
Bulgarian French Toast
Lunch & Dinner
BBQ meats including Meatballs, Skewers and Sausages.
Bulgarian Barbecue At It’s Best - BBQ Only
Cucumber, Tomato, Peppers and White Cheese.
Shopska salad
Don't let the tripe put you off, this delicious soup is perfectly spiced and seasoned.
Shkembe Chorba (Tripe Soup)
Greek inspired but with potato instead of aubergine. The topping is similar to a pancake and this is one of my favourites in winter.
Bulgarian Moussaka - Allrecipes
Imagine a giant hashbrown with added spearmint. This is a staple in the mountains of Bulgaria.
Patatnik aka Potato Pie
Forget baked beans, these beans mean business.
Bean Soup
Bulgarian Chicken Soup is good for the belly and good for the soul.
Chicken Soup - Traditional Recipes from the Balkans
Refreshing and delicious, perfect for Summer!
Tarator - Bulgarian Cold Cucumber Soup
Chicken Kebab with Salad and Fries
Bulgarian Duner
Bulgarian polenta often served with White cheese
Kachamak / Polenta
Sour cabbage, filled with mince and rice.
Traditional Bulgarian Sarma Recipe (Cabbage Rolls)
Dessert & Sweets
Yes it technically Turkish, but Bulgarian Baklava is to die for!
Baklava
Another one inherited from Turkey, rose flavour is my personal favourite.
Lokum (Bulgarian Turkish Delight)
My favourite dessert, takes me straight back to English School dinners.
Easy Bulgarian Rice Pudding Dessert (Mliako s oriz)
You will find Biscuit Cake in pretty much every menu in Bulgaria, and you MUST try it.
No Bake Biscvitena Torta – Bulgarian Biscuit Cake Recipe
A french dessert but very very popular in Bulgarian restaurants.
Bulgarian Crème Caramel Recipe - Authentic Dessert from Bulgaria
Thick, creamy, slightly sour, the best yoghurt in the world.
Bulgarian Yogurt
Drinks
Bulgarian Brandy traditionally made with Grapes, Plums or Apricots.
Rakia
Bulgarian wine is absolutely delicious, especially red wine from the Melnik region.
Get To Know The Wines of Bulgaria - Wine Folly
Bulgaria's answer to Uzo
What Is Mastika And How Do You Drink It? - Mashed
Fermented wheat drink, sweet and sometimes fizzy. Flavour very similar to Wheatabix.
Boza
Yoghurt drink drank all over the country. Delicious, thick and slightly sour.
BALKAN YOGHURT DRINK AYRAN - The Balkan Foodie
