TRADITIONAL CULINARY FEATURES OF THE REGION Finished products, Traditional herbs for Traditional cuisine and recipes Traditional agricultural Traditional foods traditional and typical for Traditional culinary events District for Haskovo Histrict products and crops Haskovo region (white) Zelnik under vrashnik (sour cabbage pie) Okra Cotton Lyutenitsa Regional Holiday "Let's Preserve the Identity of Bulgarians through the Authentic Culinary Art" Grapes/vineyards Wine Culinary Contest "Christmas Table 2018" Mint Beans in a pot/dish with mashed beans Tomatoes

Savory Thracian with leeks Peppers Vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, Tahan (tahini) The Feast of Puska and Cold Beer aubergines, ) Tahan (tahini) Pork Sesame International Festival of Traditional Food, Livelihoods and Crafts "The Culinary Heritage of Thrace" Basil Kapama Lamb Legumes (beans, peas, chickpeas, etc.) Fruit preserves/jams The Mysteries of the village of Huhla

Bay leaf Kavarma Potatoes Cereals Dried figs Traditional Fair and Culinary Exhibition "From the Garden to the Plate" and Traditional Fair of Fertility Chamomile Tikvenik (pumpkin pastry) Cucumbers Watermelons and melons Day of Vine Growers and Wine Makers

Rosemary Burkanitsa () Aubergines Tobacco Feast of Wine

Black pepper with aubergine Sesame Figs Festival of Spelt Bread

Rose hips Thracian gyuveche (clay pot dish) Watermelons Fruit trees Festival of Bread and Wine

Peppermint Maslenitsa Onions Industrial crops "Na Harmana" (On the Threshing-floor) Festival

Purslane Home-made noodles Grapes Spelt TransGourmetTour

Parsley Cheverme Fish Pomegranate Festival of Sesame

Lovage Bumbar Hen Maize Varvara and Sava Culinary Exhibition

Lavender Shashlik Game meat Sunflower Dishes and Beverages from Haskovo region - a culinary exhibition of competitive character Mountain tea Chicken/hen with bulgur Kid goat meat Tabiet - culinary and music festival

Cloves Rhodopean kolak Dates

Dill Melons

Wild geranium (Pelargonium Roseum) Kashnik Veal

Red pepper () Kachamak Cheese

Sesame Soup with and cheese Carrots

St. John’s wort Golenik (fried spinach with ) Cabbage

Lime/linden flower Katina Fruits

Lyutenitsa Chick-peas

Katma Patience dock

Patatnik Figs

River fish in tavaluk Almonds

Spicy porridge Beans

Trahana Wine

Klin soup

Oshav

Stuffed peppers with maize

Gyuvech

This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Programme "Greece- 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme. This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Program "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme.“ SIGNIFICANT CULINARY FEATURES OF THE REGION Recipes of significance for the culinary heritage for Haskovo Culinary products and crops of significance for the culinary District heritage

Bumbar Cotton

Rabbit kapama Grapes/vineyards Vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, aubergines, onions) Puska from Yabalkovo

Smyanka Sesame

Fish in tavaluk Legumes (beans, peas, chickpeas, etc.)

Thracian maslenitsa Cereals

Mashed beans with meat pieces from village of Watermelons and melons

Tatlii Tobacco

Shepherd's gyuvech Figs

Sesame sweet bars/biscuits Fruit trees

Tikvenik (pumpkin pastry) Industrial crops

Stuffed peppers with maize Spelt

Bumbar Pomegranate

Hen stuffed with bulgur Maize

Prazenik (pork meat with leeks) Sunflower

Zelnik (pastry with sour cabbage) Almonds

Honey cake

Stuffed pumpkin with rabbit meat

Rooster (hen) in katma

Steamed banitsa (kapana banitsa)

Spiral/layered banitsa with cheese baked under vrashnik

Malebi (Muhallebi)

Sweet banitsa

Rachel

Lyutenitsa from Stambolovo

Banitsa with bulgur

Banitsa with leeks

Katma from Sakar

Kashnik

Beans with chickpeas

Pork knuckle in a pot

Stomna kebab (kebab in a clay pitcher)

Bulgur soup Dock soup Katino Tutmanik Smigdal Soup of fresh Dish with flat sausage and leeks Keshkek Spicy porridge Kachimak Golenik (fried spinach with rice) Cheverme Home- made noodles Trahana Oshav Klin soup Shashlik Burmanitsa Patatnik

This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Programme "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme. This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Program "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme.“ Municipality of Dimitrovgrad Regional Holiday "Keeping the Identity of Bumbar Garlic Bulgarians Through the Authentic Culinary Art", village of Stalevo, Rabbit kapama September

Puska from Yabalkovo Thyme Culinary Contest "Christmas Table 2018"

Smyanka Mint

Fish in tavaluk Savory Feast of Puska and Cold Beer, Yabalkovo

Thracian maslenitsa Herbs and spices Bay leaf village Mashed beans with meat pieces from village

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Hen stuffed with bulgur Savory

Prazenik Rosehips Traditional Fair and Culinary Exhibition a fruit of the common "From the Garden to the Plate" and the

Zelnik Juniper events

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Elderflower events and recipesand

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Herbsspicesand Traditionalcuisine John’ s Wort Traditionalculinary Municipality of Haskovo

Dock soup Black pepper Varvara and Sava Culinary Exhibition Dishes and beverages from the Haskovo Katino meze Cardamom region - a culinary exhibition of competitive Tutmanik Peppermint character Smigdal Cloves Tabiet - culinary and musical festival Soup of fresh garlic Chinese cinnamon Dish with flat sausage and leeks Turmeric (Curcuma) Keshkek Garlic Nutmeg

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Traditionalcuisine recipesand Saffron Basil Sesame This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Programme "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme. This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Program "Greece-Bulgaria 2014- 2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014- 2020” Cooperation Programme.“ Typical agricultural products and crops

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This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Programme "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme. This document has been created within the framework of the Project „Promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage of Bulgarian – Greek cross-border region through smart and digital tools“ (eTOURIST), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Program "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No В2.6с.07/09.10.2017. The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme.“