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Bulgarian Peasant Bread

INGREDIENTS 3 cups all-purpose flour (413 grams) 1 teaspoon salt (5 grams) ½ teaspoon active dry yeast (3 grams) 1 ¾ cups warm water (400 ml) additional flour for dusting the counter and top of the bread INSTRUCTIONS Mix the dry ingredients in a  big bowl. Add the water and mix with a spatula until …

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Homemade Sun Yogurt

Ingredients 1 to 2 quarts milk 2 to 3 tablespoons plain yogurt Using the Sun Pour 1 quart warmed milk into a glass-lidded bowl or casserole dish. Add 3 tablespoons plain yogurt and cover with the glass lid or a clear glass pie pan. Place in the sun on a warm (not too hot) summer …

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Simple Yeast Roll

by Kariyana Donev Ingredients 5 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups warm water 2 TBSP active dry yeast 2 TBSP vegetable oil 1 TSP salt Directions In mixing bowl add water, yeast, oil and salt.  Let yeast activate. Knead in flour.  Let rise to double its size.  Shape into balls. Place on greased baking sheet.  Let rise again. Bake …

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9 Vegetarian Dishes for Bulgarian Christmas Eve Dinner

Traditionally Christmas Eve (Badni Vecher) dinner in Bulgaria would be vegetarian marking the end of a 40 day fast. Customarily an odd number of meals will be prepared. The dishes have symbolic meanings centering around fertility and abundance: Bobena Chorba (bean or lentil soup), so the coming year will be fertile, abundant, and wealthy Zelevi Sarmi (rice …