Food of Bulgaria
Bulgarian cuisine is built on fresh vegetables, yogurt, white cheese and grilled meats. Salads, stews cooked in clay pots and filled pastries are everyday foods, seasoned with savory, mint and paprika. Yogurt, in particular, is a point of pride, and meals are often shared.
- Main dishes (11)
- Breakfast (2)
- Street food (2)
- Soups (3)
- Salads (4)
- Breads (3)
- Desserts and sweets (6)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (6)
Staples
- yogurt
- white cheese
- vegetables
- pork
- lamb
- peppers
- bread
- beans
Signature flavors
- savory
- mint
- paprika
- dill
- parsley
- black pepper
- cumin
Main dishes
Cheese and egg phyllo pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, eggs, sirene cheeseFull guide →
Slow-cooked pork stew in a clay pot.
Key ingredients: pork, onions, peppers
Potato and meat casserole with yogurt topping.
Key ingredients: potatoes, ground meat, yogurtFull guide →Stuffed grape or cabbage leaves.
Key ingredients: cabbage, rice, porkFull guide →
Grilled elongated spiced meat patties.
Key ingredients: pork, beef, cumin
Grilled meatballs.
Key ingredients: pork, beef, spices
Cold yogurt soup.
Key ingredients: yogurt, cucumber, garlic, walnuts
Vegetable and meat casserole.
Key ingredients: vegetables, meat
Roasted pepper and tomato spread.
Key ingredients: peppers, tomato, eggplant
Stuffed peppers with rice and meat.
Key ingredients: peppers, rice, meatBean stew.
Key ingredients: beans, paprikaBreakfast
Fried dough puffs with cheese or jam.
Key ingredients: dough, yogurtBaked eggs with cheese.
Key ingredients: eggs, cheeseStreet food
Kebab in a round bun.
Key ingredients: kebab, bunCheese banitsa from bakeries.
Key ingredients: banitsaFull guide →Soups
Cold yogurt-cucumber soup.
Key ingredients: yogurt, cucumber, walnuts, dill
Tripe soup.
Key ingredients: tripe, garlic, vinegar
Hearty bean soup.
Key ingredients: beans, mintSalads
Tomato, cucumber and sirene salad.
Key ingredients: tomato, cucumber, sireneFull guide →Yogurt-cucumber salad.
Key ingredients: yogurt, cucumber, dillShepherd's salad with egg and ham.
Key ingredients: tomato, cucumber, egg, cheeseRoasted peppers with garlic.
Key ingredients: peppers, garlic, vinegarBreads
Bulgarian flatbread.
Key ingredients: flour, yogurt
Round loaf.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast
Bread soaked in warm milk with cheese.
Key ingredients: bread, cheese, butterDesserts and sweets
Nutty syrup pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, walnuts, syrupFull guide →Pumpkin phyllo pastry.
Key ingredients: pumpkin, walnuts, phyllo
Sweet braided bread.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, raisinsWalnut-chocolate cake.
Key ingredients: walnuts, chocolate
Thick yogurt with honey.
Key ingredients: yogurt, honey
Sesame sweet.
Key ingredients: sesameDrinks
Salted yogurt drink.
Key ingredients: yogurt, water, saltFull guide →
Thick fermented millet drink.
Key ingredients: millet, sugarMountain tea.
Key ingredients: mint
Fruit drink.
Key ingredients: fruitFruits and produce
Bulgarian roses used in jam and sweets.
Key ingredients: jam, syrup
Summer berries.
Key ingredients: fresh
Sweet cherries.
Key ingredients: fresh
Used in jam.
Key ingredients: jam
In baklava.
Key ingredients: baklava
Roasted red peppers.
Key ingredients: salads, spreadsDish guides from Bulgaria
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Вкусна домашна баница: Sheku80, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chicken Korma: Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MussakasMeMelitsanesKePatates01: Robert Kindermann aka RobertK, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kebapche bg: Ikonact, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Koofteh tabrizi: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cacik-1: Rainer Zenz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turkish earthenware pots or guvech: E4024, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Лутеница: Чакаровска, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Quinoa stuffed peppers: Mark Bonica, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mekici and jam: Biso (Biser Todorov), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tripe soup from Turkey: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fasolada: Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chopska: Popo le Chien, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turkish pogachas: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Попара (Popara): Чакаровска, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baklava(1): Sakaman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cozonac-cu-nuca-103: Vvssmmaann, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Joghurt: No machine-readable author provided. Rainer Zenz assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Orient sweets (special halva) Samarkand, Siyab: Shuhrenataxmedov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fresh ayran: Mavigogun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Boza: FoPen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Peach kompot: Biso, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- مراسم گلابگیری در قمصر کاشان Golabgiri ("making Rosewater") - Ghamsar- Kashan- Iran 19: Mostafameraji, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) single2: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cherry season (48216568227): spurekar, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Apricot jam: Rita, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Walnuts - whole and open with halved kernel: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Capsicum Annum Flower: Chaitanya B D, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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