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🇷🇸 Traditional dishes from Serbia

3 dishes people actually cook in Serbia: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Gibanica

90 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Gibanica, a traditional dish from Serbia

Delight in this savory Serbian cheese pastry!

  • 400 g phyllo dough
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • 200 g cottage cheese
  • 3 eggs
  • 150 ml milk
  • 100 g butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Pljeskavica

30 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Pljeskavica, a traditional dish from Serbia

Juicy Serbian grilled patties bursting with flavor.

  • 500 g ground beef
  • 250 g ground pork
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 buns
  • 100 g cheese

Sarma

120 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Sarma, a traditional dish from Serbia

Deliciously stuffed cabbage rolls with savory goodness.

  • 1 cabbage
  • 500 g ground beef
  • 100 g rice
  • 1 onion
  • 200 g tomato paste
  • 500 ml vegetable broth
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 2 tbsp oil

What do people eat in Serbia?

The three dishes from Serbia documented in Copper are Gibanica, Pljeskavica and Sarma. Ground beef and onion each appear in more than one recipe. One of the three needs an oven. Between them they use 22 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Serbia?

The three recipes need 22 ingredients between them, of which 3 are shared by more than one dish. Paprika is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 23 use paprika. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Serbia take?

Pljeskavica is the quickest at 30 minutes. Sarma is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Serbia is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Serbia here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Pljeskavica is the shortest way in.

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