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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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| 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)
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| Pastrmajlija - Macedonian Pizza |
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How to prepare:
Soak the yeast and after a while put it into flour and prepare the paste. Divide the paste into 4 equal pieces. Use rolling tin to make each of these pieces thin and flat.
Chop the meat. Add salt. Put the meat on top of each piece of pasta and spread it. Put lard on the meat and (optionally) add pepper. Put ... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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