...due to the growing on food interest, detected on the platform during the major holidays at the end of the year here is a humble contribution coming up your way.
Welcome and have great gourmet stay in Bulgaria! The land I'm coming from and the land of the gorgeous Bulgarian Кисело мляко. This country of key-importance on the cross-road between the West and the East is already a worldwide renowned wine destination thus boosting SouthEastern Europe on the goodies world map...for good. With a particular delight I am opening my dining room for the winter season delights. On the menu today: Ravijojla proudly presenting
Just a little tease-release, if you will...
The Bulgaria Tavel’s Traditional Bulgarian Cuisine guide
ЧубрицаBefore we continue...Me, I'm so into words etymology, that I just can't skip this part.
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What we are completely fond of during the cold winter months in Bulgaria is an all-meat dish, rich in flavours and delicious as it should be. A slow cooked meal in a clay pot, glued with dough around its lid to preserve all essentials inside is almost everybody’s choice from the December/January short-list.
Kapama is a traditional Bulgarian dish, which is particularly popular in the region of Bansko and Razlog. Along with the hairy-scary Kukeri parading in the street carnival, It is one of the attractions for tourists who decided to step in the authentic Bansco ski resort taverns.
The entire neighbourhood is in love with it
To prepare a genuine Kapama, the products one would need are many and various enough to save you from the stove in the next couple of days. Another advantage is that, once the clay pot is filled up and the oven is on, you better ignore the process of cooking for the next 5 to 6 hours. Here is a list of products you should have at hand: pork, chicken, veal, rabbit meat, and sauerkraut; you can even use preliminarily prepared stuffed cabbage leaves; sausage or black-sausage and rice can also be added to this unusual mixture.
Here is what I have done with the pork the previous day
In order to help the meat reveal flavours, I bathed it in olive oil and herbs: paprika, black pepper, oregano and …our local pride and secret ingredient the splendid Satureja. This herbal spa procedure took an overnight in cool, as the pork needs to rest. On a personal health note is good to know that satureja is a stomach-friendly herb, facilitating the digestion process, being rich in antioxidants and fibres, iron, zinc, calcium and vitamin B that help decreasing the levels of the bad cholesterol. For all mentioned above, it’s good to consider planting this herb in your garden.
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The word Капама (Kapama) has Persian roots and means to cover in Turkish, hence the preparation in a covered pot.
Making it the Traditional way: Get the bottom of the pot covered with chopped pork salo and cover it with a leaf of sauerkraut, continue to make the layers separating the various meat with another sauerkraut leaf. In order to achieve the unique flavor and taste of the Kapama, there are three important conditions. The first one are the spices - pepper, paprika, satureja; the second one is the arrangement of the products in layers: salo, veal, pork, sausages, chicken; and the third one is to bake the dish for a long period of time - at least 4-5 hours in low-temperature oven, and in a clay pot sealed with dough. In my wish to facilitate your First Kapama Experience further, I suggest you have a look at the step-by-step method to prepare a Traditional Bulgarian Kapama. The recipe given includes rice, which as absolutely optional.
What I prefer for an outstanding and exquisite partner of such a wholesome winter meal is the Mavrud red wine … a wine that takes my breath away every time I sense the indigenous variety that exudes rich, crushed cherry and chocolate-like flavors on a medium body. To a wine person, Mavrud would call to resemblance with a lightly-oaked Malbec, along with the same striking magenta-tinged rim. A unique dark red wine described very well by the experts at Bulgaria Wine Tours:
Probably the most highly valued local grape variety, the wines made from Mavrud have a deep ruby color, enough tannin and acids and a pleasant blackberry and prune aroma. Mavrud wines develop perfectly in contact with oak and acquire a powerful and complex aroma, supplemented by full-bodied, dense and harmonious taste.
A final touch, as per my suggestion is a home-baked bread, so that you have a complete and food centred festive table and a very prosperous new year!
In the hope that this genuine Bulgarian delight will make you consider a gourmet holiday in this part of the world.
Special thanks to my mother for producing such an amazing bread and a real sun for our festive dinner!
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Ahhh! 🍽🔪🍸
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Anything on earthen pots gets a different flavour. Well here we use to have hot cream milk served in pots and tea as well. Though I am not so meat lover, but I have heard of 'handi chicken' a famous Indian dish made in earthen vessels...and biryani as well
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Happy New Year, @steemflow. Although, I like meat I tend to exclude it more and more nowadays from my dietary plan out of certain reasons. Unfortunately, we are not proud of the quality of meat produced and imported here and for someone like me who still remembers the taste of the past, I'm forced to say I prefer fish lately. The Kapama earthen pot dish is a signature for the cuisine of a wider region covering seven countries in southeastern Europe especially during the winter. Still, the remark I should make is: try to Eat Clean. Health is important.
Well even we earthen pots usually in ceremony but lately we started to use copper stuff...but yes..I love hot milk of earthen pots and the aroma it gets...ummmm....👌
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i am craving now seeing the word biriyani @steemflow ...
What kind of meal is biriyani? Anybody willing to promote it in @crazybgadventure's #HungryHungryHumpDays show?
Yes, i can dear.. but i am afraid i am not be able of making a post.. 😜😜 poor cook i am
Its an indian dish very mild and very tasty.
I presume so, dear :-)
Anything else beyond that description?
Well it mainly consists of rice and meats and vegetables and mild spices but you get a sauce to add to it also.
Sounds very appealing, we should prepare it, make a post and let @steemflow and @priyanarc be the judges of our work.
Ahhh..do you like those mughlai indian dishs ? Well Hyderabad is quite famous for them
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Looks yummy... can i make this dish without pork??
I absolutely prefer it without the pork...it is way much delicious. Give it a try and give me a feedback ;-)
so so so many delicious foodssssssss mmmmmm i'm so hungry hehehe
Come pay us a visit. Still, you should be informed a forehead that @crazybgadventure and I have set up a 2019 ban for white sugar, white flour, fried food, junk food and ...baklava :-)
awwww man, you only said white sugar, apart from fruit, honey and some other natural sugar.. awwww what no baklava :(
NO pain, NO gain :-)
Well I broke the white flour rule with the bread you gave me today, and the cookies and the Zelen e meso tonight :D
OK - 2 min planks tomorrow before breakfast ;-)
I am clenching my teeth at the thought.
So delicious, yummy... Seems that dish love the full Steem Banat community ;-) Upvote for you from your community, nice post, and nice described.