Food of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian cooking blends Balkan, Mediterranean and Ottoman influences into hearty, slow-cooked food. Grilled meat, layered pies, stuffed vegetables, dairy and strong coffee are central. Meals are social, with coffee served in a copper pot and plenty of time to talk.
Cevapi
Grilled minced meat sausages served in soft somun bread with raw onion and kajmak.
How to make Cevapi- Main dishes (10)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (3)
- Salads (1)
- Breads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (6)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (6)
Staples
- beef
- lamb
- onions
- peppers
- cheese
- kajmak
- bread
- beans
Signature flavors
- paprika
- garlic
- parsley
- black pepper
- bay leaf
- mint
Main dishes
Grilled minced meat sausages served in soft somun bread with raw onion and kajmak.
Key ingredients: beef, lamb, onion, kajmakFull guide →
Spiral pie with minced meat.
Key ingredients: phyllo, beef, onionFull guide →Cheese-filled pie.
Key ingredients: phyllo, cheese, egg
Spinach pie.
Key ingredients: phyllo, spinach, cheeseBosnian pot stew with meat and vegetables.
Key ingredients: beef, lamb, potatoes, carrots, cabbage
Stuffed vegetables with rice and meat.
Key ingredients: peppers, onion, rice, meatOnions filled with spiced meat.
Key ingredients: onions, beef, riceMeat dumplings with garlic yogurt.
Key ingredients: dough, beef, yogurt, garlic
Creamy chicken and okra soup.
Key ingredients: chicken, okra, cream
Grape leaves stuffed with rice and meat.
Key ingredients: grape leaves, rice, beefBreakfast
Flaky pie with drinkable yogurt.
Key ingredients: burek, yogurtFull guide →
Creamy dairy spread with fresh bread.
Key ingredients: kajmak, bread
Cornmeal porridge with cheese.
Key ingredients: cornmeal, cheese, butterStreet food
Hot cevapi sold by the portion of five or ten from grill houses.
Key ingredients: beef, lamb, somunFull guide →Spinach pie slices.
Key ingredients: phyllo, spinach
Grilled patty.
Key ingredients: beef, onionSoups
Okra and chicken soup.
Key ingredients: chicken, okra
Bean soup with smoked meat.
Key ingredients: beans, smoked beef
Fermented grain soup.
Key ingredients: tarhana, butterSalads
Roasted pepper salad.
Key ingredients: peppers, garlic, oilBreads
Soft flatbread for cevapi.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast
Savory baked bread.
Key ingredients: flour, cheeseDesserts and sweets
Nut-filled syrup pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, walnuts, syrupFull guide →
Poached apples stuffed with walnuts and topped with cream.
Key ingredients: apples, walnuts, cream
Syrup-soaked cookies.
Key ingredients: semolina, syrupRose-shaped sweet pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, syrup
Rice pudding.
Key ingredients: rice, milk, cinnamon
Fried dough in syrup.
Key ingredients: dough, syrupDrinks
Strong coffee brewed in a dzezva and served with sugar cubes and lokum.
Key ingredients: coffee, sugar
Thick fermented grain drink.
Key ingredients: millet, sugarSweet fruit drink.
Key ingredients: fruit, sugar, water
Salty yogurt drink.
Key ingredients: yogurtFull guide →Fruits and produce
For jam and slatko.
Key ingredients: jam
Used in tufahije.
Key ingredients: desserts
From Herzegovina.
Key ingredients: freshFull guide →
From the south.
Key ingredients: fresh
In baklava.
Key ingredients: baklava
Table grapes.
Key ingredients: freshDish guides from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Cevapi s kajmakom: Christian Paul from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Burek trokut 1: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Spanakopita: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Speca te mbushura me mish: Violetamyftari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Begova Čorba (Baščaršija in Sarajevo, Bosnia): BiHVolim, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Yaprak sarma, Kayseri style: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kaymak in Turkey: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Качамак со кисело млеко и парче сирење: Ssofija, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pleskavitsa: Biso, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fasolada: Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Two kinds of tarhana: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pita Bread: Azure Dragon of the East, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turkish pogachas: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baklava(1): Sakaman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tufahiija in Morića Han 2: Antidiskriminator, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baklava Göreme: Elelicht, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kheer with condensed milk.: Shivangisj, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tulumba: Risteristevski at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Türk Kahvesi - Bakir Cezve: Eaeeae, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Boza: FoPen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fresh ayran: Mavigogun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plums African Rose - whole, halved and slice: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ficus carica L, 1771: Trew, C.J, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pomegranate Juice (2019): Augustus Binu : flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Walnuts - whole and open with halved kernel: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grapes, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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