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Djuvece recipe

 

DJUVECE

Course: Lunch, Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine: Serbian
Keyword: casserole, Serbian
Author: unknown

Ingredients

  • 4 large onions sliced
  • 2 Tbsp. lard
  • 4 large potatoes sliced
  • 2 lbs. tomatoes sliced
  • 2 large green peppers seeded
  • 1 cup rice
  • 3 cups tomato juice
  • 4 pork chops
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper

Instructions

  • Brown onions in lard, place ½ in greased casserole.
  • Put potatoes over onions.
  • Place ½ tomatoes over potatoes, and place green peppers on top of tomatoes.
  • Add the remaining onions, and top with rice.
  • Place remaining tomato slices over this and pour tomato juice over all.
  • Slightly saute chops, sprinkle with salt and pepper put on top of vegetables in casserole and cover.
  • Bake at 325° to 350° for 30 minutes, uncover and bake another 15 minutes.

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Serbian Sarme (Sarma) / cabbage rolls

 

Serbian Sarme

Cuisine: Serbian
Keyword: Serbian
Author: BJ Rusovich, Counsel of Yugoslavia

Ingredients

  • 1 head cabbage
  • 1/2 lb ground beef
  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 1/4 lb ham
  • 1/2 cup rice cooked
  • 1 egg well-beaten
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

  • Parboil cabbage for about five minutes.
  • Remove leaves one by one and trim stems to make it easier to fold.
  • Mix well the above ingredients and fill each leaf separately, then wrap securely.
  • Place in casserole a layer of cabbage leaves and one of the sarme,
  • Make a thin roux, adding one-half cup of tomatoes and one cup of water and over the sarme.
  • Cook for one and a half hours on low fire.

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Moon Crescents (Gurabije)

 

Moon Crescents (Gurabije)

Author: Circle of Serbian Sisters

Ingredients

Cookie

  • 1 cup lard
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 cups flour
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/2 tsp lemon extract
  • 1/2 lemon juice from 1/2 lemon

Optional toppings (see instructions below)

  • 1-2 egg whites
  • chopped nuts
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 tsp cornstarch

Instructions

Cookies

  • Cream lard and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg yolks and blend in.
  • Add lemon extract and juice and then blend in the flour, mixing well.
  • Roll dough out on floured board to about 1/2" thickness. Cut with cookie cutter into quarter moon shapes.
  • Bake on ungreased pan at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.

Optional Toppings

  • Prior to baking, tops of cookies can be brushed with egg whites (unbeaten) and sprinkled with chopped nuts.
  • For a more decorative cookie, beat until stiff 2 egg whites to which 1/2 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cornstarch have been added. Beat until very stiff, put meringue into pastry bag and with a rosette ti, pipe meringue across center of cookie. Bake as directed.

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Serbian Nut Balls

 

Nut Balls

Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Serbian

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup nuts chopped
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Mix well together, make small balls of dough and bake in 325 degree oven for 15 minutes

Notes

from a recipe card attributed to Mrs. Bora Radovanovich

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