May It Fill Your Bowl: A Cookbook from Planina

Recipes from members and friends of Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe

Jessica Bondy, Editor

Forgotten Lore Press

i May It Fill Your Bowl: A Cookbook from Planina

Recipes from members and friends of Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe Jessica Bondy, Editor

Published by Forgotten Lore Press for Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe 1328 So. Vine St. Denver, CO 80210 [email protected] www.planina.org

(c) Copyright 2007 by Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe

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Printed in the United States of America

ISBN 978-0-9798219-1-2

Cover design by Denise Gibson, The Design Den, www.designden.com See page 159 for cover photo credits Book design and layout by Julie Lancaster; see page 160 for illustration credits

Planina is a 501(c)(3) corporation. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the group’s education and outreach. ii May It Fill Your Bowl: Recipes from Planina Contents

Introduction...... vii

Acknowledgements ...... ix

About the Recipes ...... xiii

Appetizers ...... 1 Hummus (Chickpea dip)...... 3 Dolma (Turkish stuffed grape leaves)...... 4 Blini (Russian crèpes) ...... 6 Tiropitakia (Greek cheese triangles)...... 8 Cilantro pesto ...... 10

Salads...... 11 Snezhanka (Snow White / Bulgarian -walnut salad) ...... 13 Queen’s salad ...... 14 Baklazhan i pomidori salat (Russian salad) ...... 15 Shopska salata (Bulgarian cucumber- salad) ...... 16 Pindzhur (Macedonian eggplant salad)...... 18 Polish cucumber salad...... 20 Hungarian beet salad ...... 21 Melitsano salata (Sephardic eggplant salad)...... 22

Soups ...... 23 Greek ...... 25 Tarator (Bulgarian cold cucumber-dill soup) ...... 26 Max’s amazing borscht (Russian hot beet soup) ...... 28

iii Soups (cont’d.) Avgolemono (Greek lemon chicken soup) ...... 30 Bulgarian spinach soup ...... 32 Matsvnis shechamandi (Georgian yogurt soup) ...... 33 Kharcho (Georgian meat soup) ...... 34 Hideg meggyleves (Hungarian cold cherry soup)...... 36 Fassoulorizo (Greek bean and rice soup) ...... 38 Russian cold beet soup...... 40

Breads ...... 43 Banitsa (Bulgarian cheese-filled ) ...... 45 Nutmeg coffee cake ...... 47 Volga River German rye bread ...... 48 Prusenik (Bulgarian corn bread) ...... 50 Challah ...... 51 Lángos (Hungarian fried bread)...... 53 Hazel Green’s whole wheat crescent rolls ...... 57

Vegetables & Sides ...... 61 Roasted ratatouille ...... 63 Prebanac (Yugoslav lima beans) ...... 64 Pilaf ...... 66 Kugelis / Kugel (Lithuanian potato pudding) ...... 68 Hungarian braised ...... 70 sa spanachom (Serbian spinach pie) ...... 71 Merenjena guisada (Sephardic eggplant stew) ...... 74 Savory rice pilaf ...... 77 Vegetables Yanni (Greek stewed green beans)...... 78 Potatoes with Fresh Green Beans ...... 79 Stuffed zucchini ...... 80 Stuffed bell peppers with Bulgarian and eggs ...... 82 iv May It Fill Your Bowl: Recipes from Planina Entrees ...... 83 Yaitza po Panagyurski (Bulgarian eggs and yogurt)...... 85 Greek chicken with dill or fennel ...... 86 Chakokbili (Georgian chicken stew)...... 88 Red simmered chicken (Chinese poached chicken with spices) ...... 89 Bourek (Turkish meat pie) ...... 90 Greek lamb stew ...... 92 Lamb stew...... 93 Chevapchichi (Macedonian grilled sausages) ...... 94 Sharena sol (Colorful salt) ...... 95 Balkan sausage ragout ...... 96 Krautrunzas (Cabbage-and-meat-filled buns) ...... 98 Bulgarian ...... 100 Csárdagazda kedvence (Hungarian pork with dill and sauce, “Innkeeper’s Favorite”) ...... 101 Gyuvech (Bulgarian meat with vegetables) ...... 102 Turlitava (Macedonian mixed meat with vegetables) ...... 104 Psari plaki (Baked fish with tomato sauce) ...... 106 Puttanesca sauce ...... 107 Syrniki (Russian cheese pancakes) ...... 108

Desserts ...... 109 ...... 111 Grybai (Lithuanian mushroom-shaped gingerbread cookies) ...... 113 Kolachky (Croatian filled butter cookies)...... 116 Grandma Frontczak’s crescent cookies (Polish Christmas cookies) .. 118 Chruscziki (Polish fried love-knot cookies) ...... 120 Hazelnut (Hazelnut twists)...... 122 Apple cake ...... 125

v Desserts (cont’d.) Sunshine cake (Swedish orange all-around cake) ...... 126 Sachertorte (Austrian chocolate cake)...... 129 Flourless chocolate cake ...... 132 Chocolate torte ...... 133 Almond cake ...... 135 Mákos patkó (Hungarian poppy seed horseshoe) ...... 137 Kosluchar potica (Slovenian Walnut pastry roll) ...... 141 Chocolate tofu pie ...... 144

Tips for Working with ...... 147 About Filo ...... 149 Babichka’s Tips for Working with Filo ...... 151 Three Macedonian Recipes ...... 153 Burek ...... 153 Spanok pita ...... 153 Banitsa ...... 154

Glossary & More ...... 155 Glossary ...... 157 Potluck favorites ...... 158 Recipes good for a cooking party ...... 158 Photo & illustration credits ...... 159 About Planina ...... 161 Index ...... 163

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