How to pronounce Tikvenik

Tikvenik is written тиквеник where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tikvɛˈnik/. In plain English letters that is teek-veh-NEEK, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Tikvenik?

Tikvenik is a dessert of Bulgaria. Where it comes from: All Bulgaria. People usually eat it on festive days and at teatime. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and nuts & seeds. It tastes sweet.

Where Tikvenik comes from

Tikvenik is one of 18 signature dishes of Bulgaria on this map.

• Banitsa баница · Bread & pastry · All Bulgaria

  Banitsa is a pie of thin sheets of filo pastry layered or rolled with a mixture of eggs, yogurt and crumbled white brined cheese, sirene, then baked until golden.

• Kebapche кебапче · Street food · All Bulgaria

  Kebapche is a long cylinder of minced meat cooked on a grill, never fried or baked.

• Mekitsa мекица · Street food · All Bulgaria

  Mekitsa, plural mekitsi, is a Bulgarian fried dough made with yogurt and conventionally eaten for breakfast.

• Bob chorba боб чорба · Soup & stew · All Bulgaria

  Bob chorba, "bean soup", is a Bulgarian soup of dried beans cooked with onion, tomato, carrot and pepper and flavoured with savory or spearmint.

• Tatarsko kyufte татарско кюфте · Main dish · All Bulgaria

  Tatarsko kyufte, "Tatar kofta", is a large Bulgarian meat patty stuffed with a filling.

• Tutmanik тутманик · Bread & pastry · All Bulgaria

  Tutmanik, also called mesenitsa, is a traditional Bulgarian bake of thick dough with crumbled white brine cheese, yogurt and eggs.

Food of Bulgaria

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• Zserbó · Dessert · Budapest, Hungary

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