Bosnian Recipes

Bosnians have a special way of cooking; traditional meals are very appreciated especially in the old town.

In the big cities like Sarajevo you can find restaurants with specific Mediterranean cuisine. A traditional Bosnian meal usually comes with meat, but there are a lot of vegetarian dishes
 Baklava is a traditional dessert which contains sweet nuts and honey in pastry.
In Bosnia, hamburgers are called pleskavica are made in a special type of bread named somun.

Bosnian salads are generally prepared with mixed tomatoes, lettuce,onion, pepper and cheese.
 In the Bosnian cuisine the salads are usually accompanying the main dish but it also can be eaten separated.The most frequent type of meat consumed is beef. They prefer smoked meat: smoked ribs, smoked neck or smoked sausages.

They serve smoked meat uncooked on a plateau or they fry it on a grill and serve it with boiled vegetables like beans, potatoes. But more common meat dishes are served with mashed or fried potatoes. Other important dishes that include meat are filovane paprika made of fried peppers stuffed with minced meat and spices, sarma which is cabbage rolls stuffed with or beef meat and rice.