Bulgaria
Photo: Чакаровска, CC BY-SA 4.0, croppedLyutenitsa
лютеница
/ʎutɛˈnit͡sɐ/lyoo-teh-NEE-tsah
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- When
- Snack
- Taste
- SavorySweet
- Made with
- Vegetables
History
Lyutenitsa is a thick red relish of roasted peppers and tomatoes, often with aubergine, carrots, garlic and a little sugar, cooked for hours and then ground into a spread. Its name comes from lyuto, hot, though most versions are mild. In Bulgaria it is made at the end of summer when peppers and tomatoes are cheap: families roast peppers outdoors, peel them, mince everything and stir it in large pans before filling jars for the winter, a tradition still alive in many villages and in Plovdiv's Thracian plain. Lyutenitsa is spread on bread, often with white cheese, and served with grilled meat and kebapche. Factory-made jars are now common, but Bulgarians still argue that homemade lyutenitsa is the only real kind.
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