Bulgarian Recipe – Shopska Salad

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This Bulgarian recipe is intended to serve four persons

Bulgarian Recipes "Shopska" Salad Tarator Soup Aubergine Moussaka Monastery "Gyuvech" Baklava (Walnut Pie) Please read our Introduction To Bulgarian Cooking

Ingredients
1 onion
500 gr tomatoes
150-200 gr ripened cow or sheep cheese in slices
1/2 dl oil
1 small hot pepper
1 cucumber, salt

Directions
Peel onion and chop finely. Wash tomatoes, peel, cut into round slices, mix onion and tomatoes, pour over with oil, salt and add peeled cucumber cut into cubes. Mix all slowly, sprinkle with grates or crumbled cheese with small pepper cut into rounds.

This delicious salad is a frequent accompaniment to maize flour dishes (cornbread, green vegetables pie), to baked or cooked potatoes. French toast, tchevapchitchi (grilled cork-shaped ground meat) and the like.

(Adapted from "The Balkan Cookbook" by Radojko Mrljes, Belgrade, 1987)