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Bulgaria will seduce you with its fabulous traditional dishes that are simple, healthy and full of flavors to discover.
Traditional Bulgarian Cuisine
Bulgarian cuisine is very varied thanks in particular to its geographical location and its climate.
This privileged location allows Bulgaria an abundance and great diversity of vegetables, cereals, fruits, dairy products, poultry, meat and fish. It’s a simple cuisine to prepare but with lots of flavors.
It is characterized by fresh and colorful salads as starters, barbecued meats (kebapcheta), varied and tasty dishes, and gourmet desserts.
Certain ingredients remain recurring throughout Bulgarian cuisine, such as peppers (tchouchka) or tomatoes (domati) stuffed with sirene, this typical cheese of the country.
Bulgarians also use spices a lot in their cooking.
The traditional Bulgarian spice blend is called Sharena sol (colored salt). It contains salt, savory and paprika in the colors of the Bulgarian flag.
And many other seasonings are used such as the spice tchubritza (Bulgarian condiment made from savory and dried red peppers) which subtly spices up the dishes.
During your stay in Bulgaria, you will not be able to miss these few recipes and typical and essential products of Bulgarian cuisine.
Without forgetting the essential accompaniment which is the country's flagship product – Bulgarian Yogurt.
As well as the presentation of a traditional Christmas holiday table.
Bulgarian Yogurt
Bulgarian Yogurt is known worldwide for its qualities and its unique good taste.
Because it is composed of a large number of specific bacteria of the Lactobacilicus bulgaricus type which, after consumption, develop in the intestines and cause a number of positive effects on the body.
This yogurt is in fact recognized for its essential and beneficial properties for the intestinal flora.
Many Bulgarian dishes include Bulgarian Yogurt, it is an essential ingredient for soups, salads, desserts, sauces, etc.
And Bulgarian yogurt can only be made in Bulgaria.
This yogurt is in fact recognized for its essential and beneficial properties for the intestinal flora.
Indeed, when you eat Bulgarian yogurt, lactic acid spreads in the intestines and stomach, fights toxins and microbes while promoting the development of beneficial bacteria in the intestinal microflora.
But the particularity of Bulgarian yogurt is that, after the disappearance of this lactic acid, the bacteria specific to Bulgarian yogurt – Lactobacilicus bulgaricus – begin to develop.
These beneficial bacteria reproduce lactic acid but also other active components.
It has been established that bacteria remain active in the stomach 10 to 25 days after the last consumption of yogurt...
Many Bulgarian cuisine recipes include Bulgarian yogurt.
It is an essential ingredient for soups, salads, desserts, or in sauces, etc.
Savory, in an accompanying sauce, sweet, plain or accompanied by Bulgarian Rose petal jam, yogurt is an essential ingredient of Bulgarian gastronomy.
And Bulgarian yogurt can only be made in Bulgaria.
Sirené
Sirené cheese is one of the basic elements of Bulgarian cuisine.
It is made from goat's, sheep's or cow's milk or a combination of these milks.
And it is found in many dishes.
Bulgarians consume a large quantity of it.
But there is one important condition to cook it well – that it is cooked in a small traditional earthenware dish called “gyuveche” which you can get by visiting our store.
Lutenitsa
Lutenitsa is a fresh and delicious sauce that is used to accompany many dishes and is perfect for seasoning meat.
It is a typical Bulgarian sauce composed mainly of tomatoes and red peppers that Bulgarians make to preserve good summer vegetables for cold weather.
It enhances dishes or simply as a toast on a piece of bread with sirené.
Banitsa
Banitsa is a traditional Bulgarian bread made from a mixture of beaten eggs and pieces of siren cheese between filo pastry.
And then baked in the oven. It is most often eaten at breakfast or as a dish served cold or hot with salad.
But also as a family dish or simply as a takeaway snack.
At any time, banitsa is a treat!
Gyuveche
In Bulgaria, baked dishes are prepared in an earthen pot (the Gyuveche) which is filled with different tasty ingredients.
It is generally used to make a meal of sausages or meats, peppers and tomatoes or potatoes topped at the last minute with an egg and the whole thing is put in the oven.
The flavors emerge and combine deliciously!
You can follow an easy and tasty gyuveche recipe by following the link and treat yourself to this traditional object by visiting our store.
You will also find, after this video, the composition of many typical dishes such as moussaka, tarator and the famous shopksa salata but also delicious desserts.
Some examples of typical Bulgarian dishes and their compositions for your recipe ideas
Shopska salad
Shopska salad is the Bulgarian salad par excellence and the different foods that make it up also bear the colors of the Bulgarian flag – white, green and red.
It simply contains tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green peppers, parsley, and sirené – this famous Bulgarian cheese which resembles feta and which is essential in many traditional Bulgarian dishes.
This fresh and healthy salad is sure to please you any time of the year.
To consume without moderation !
Tarator
Tarator is one of the most traditional dishes in Bulgaria and it is unthinkable to cross the country without tasting it.
It is a soup served cold or even with ice cubes and composed of Bulgarian yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, walnuts, dill, oil (often sunflower) and water.
This refreshing and healthy dish will undoubtedly appeal to you and is very pleasant, especially when summer arrives.
Banitsa and Bulgarian Yogurt
Banitsa is a traditional Bulgarian dish prepared with a mixture of beaten eggs and pieces of siren cheese between filo pastry and then baked in the oven.
Accompanied of course by the traditional and inimitable Bulgarian Yogurt, smooth and creamy.
It is most often eaten for breakfast or as a dish served cold or hot with salad.
Roasted peppers
Grilled peppers with homemade tomato sauce are also a typical dish in Bulgaria.
Their simple, spicy but delicious flavors will delight your palate.
Peppers are indeed one of the essential foods in Bulgarian cuisine.
Sarmi
Bulgarian sarmis are balls of vine leaves or cabbage leaves stuffed with minced meat and rice.
It is one of the most common traditional recipes in Bulgaria.
They are usually prepared in winter and traditionally for Traditions and Festivals such as Christmas Eve.
Shkembe chorba
Shkembe chorba is a lamb tripe soup.
Tripe is a popular cheap and nutritious dish especially during the winter period.
Sirene po shopski
Sirene po shopski is a traditional Bulgarian recipe made with tomatoes, sirené cheese and eggs.
And we season it with Bulgarian herbs and spices (oregano, red pepper flakes, pepper, etc.).
The ingredients are cooked together in a “gyuveche” – a small traditional earthen pot from Bulgaria.
The desserts
And discover the fabulous desserts and pastries that you will find on the tables of Bulgaria.
Lunichki, Kadayif, Mekici accompanied by Bulgarian Rose petal jam.
Pleasure and delicacy await you!
Mekici
Mekici are fabulous traditional Bulgarian donuts to share with those you love.
Pleasure and delicacy await you!
For those with a sweet tooth, you can enjoy them with honey or jam, especially with rose petal jam.
Kadayif
Kadayif is a delicious flaky pastry dipped in syrup, made from angel hair and filled with nuts and honey syrup.
They are made by placing a layer of dough, a layer of chopped nuts, then another layer of dough. The pastries are painted with melted butter, baked until golden brown, then dipped in sugar or honey syrup.
It is undoubtedly an ideal cake for all those with a sweet tooth.
Bulgaria will also seduce you with its cuisine, its local products and the fabulous traditional dishes that are both simple, healthy and full of flavors to discover.
To share without hesitation! So, grab your forks!
Bulgarian Wines
Bulgaria benefits from a Mediterranean climate allowing it to produce high quality wines.
You can find Bulgarian wines from different grape varieties.
In particular Pamid, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rkatsiteli, Dimiat, Melnik, Misket, Musket-Otonelle, Ugni Blanc or even Chardonnay.
Bulgaria is indeed increasingly acclaimed for its oenological wonders.
And numerous circuits allow lovers of good wines to discover the excellence and diversity of the country's vineyards by following the Bulgarian Wine Route.
This tourism project launched by the Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria Nikolina Angelkova helps develop wine tourism in Bulgaria.
Indeed, viticulture in Bulgaria is at least 3,000 years old.
In the Iliad, Homer already spoke of the vineyards of Thrace.
The Wine Route takes us into Bulgaria's millennial past, when on these fertile lands lived the Thracians who perfectly mastered the art of wine.
The elixirs produced by this ingenious civilization were often used in religious and sacred ceremonies venerating their God Dionysus.
And the cult of Dionysus, the national god of the Thracians, was born here in the ancient lands of the Thracians in Bulgaria.
More precisely, in Nysa the mysterious city which is considered to be the mythical homeland of the God of Wine and where Dionysus is said to have learned viticulture.
Wine regions in Bulgaria
Bulgaria has 5 well-defined wine regions.
The largest is the Thracian Plain. There you will find a deep respect for ecotourism and the rural world with visits to vineyards and cellars and a tasting of the region's wines.
The second region is that of the Valley of Roses where you can enrich your knowledge of another local product by discovering the famous Bulgarian Roses from Bulgaria.
And the possibility of visiting the region's rose gardens as well as the extraction and production sites of the famous rose essence of which the country is very proud.
You can find all the products based on rose essence in our store.
The third region is that of the Strouma Valley with different particularly rich grape varieties.
Then comes the Black Sea wine region, which allows you to combine oenology and sea activities and well-being.
Bulgarian wines are produced by small cellars highlighting exceptional wines produced in small quantities and largely dedicated to export.
A vintage has also been rewarded at international trade fairs. Including the 2017 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles which brought no less than 58 medals to Bulgarian wines, lifting Bulgaria to 7th place in the world.
The country is also a major producer and exporter of table grapes.
Come discover the oenological heritage and wine regions of the country and book your stay and hotel for Bulgaria now.
Don't forget to visit our store to order your bottles of Bulgarian wines and other Bulgarian local products.
Good tasting but always in moderation and have a good stay in Bulgaria!
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