| Macedonian Cuisine |
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| Sarma |
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Ingredients needed:
• pickled cabbage leaves
• rice in a cup of coffee
• 2-3 onion pieces
• 0.5 kg. mixed ground beef
• oil, red pepper, pepper, salt, spices
• 250 gr. steamed meat
How to prepare:
Cut the onion into small pieces and fry it on oil. Add the ground meat, red pepper, pepper, salt, spices the rice ... |
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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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| Tarator (Cucumber-Yogurt Salad) |
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Tarator is a traditional Macedonian dish. It is usually served as an appetizer.
Ingredients (4 servings):
• 2 cucumbers (about 12 cm each)
• 500 gr. plain milk yogurt
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1/2 tbsp. vinegar
• 3 cloves garlic, minced (or garlic powder)
• 50 gr ground walnuts (optional)
• 10-20 gr oil (optional)
• p... |
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| Pastrmka (Trout) |
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Ingredients needed:
• 4 trouts
• 20 g of flour
• 1 dl of cooking oil
• 20 g of butter
• spices, lemon juice
• 1 dl sour cream
How to prepare:
Clean the trout, dry it and then salt it. Put trout into the flour before you fry it.
Take the fried trout from the pan. Add butter, spices, lemon juice and water into... |
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| Selsko Meso |
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How to prepare:
First do the meatballs and include a piece of ground onion salt, pepper and spices. Then cut the pork into small pieces and fry it on oil, add the ground onion and fry it together. After they become red, add the tomatoes (or the ketchup), the mushrooms, the smoked meat and the small meat balls. Add spices, s... |
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| Wine culture |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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