🇷🇸Serbian Recipes

Discover Serbian cuisine — ćevapi, sarma, ajvar, pljeskavica, and hearty grilled Balkan cooking.

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Serbian cuisine is the heart of Balkan grilling (roštilj), built on pork and beef, paprika, and the autumn ajvar (roasted red pepper relish) tradition. Ćevapi (grilled minced-meat fingers), pljeskavica (Balkan burger), sarma (sour-cabbage rolls), and gibanica (cheese-filo pie) anchor the canon. Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and Mediterranean influences meet over kajmak (clotted cream) and šljivovica plum brandy.

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PaprikaPork & beefAjvar (pepper relish)Kajmak (clotted cream)Soured cabbageFilo (kore)White cheeseOnionsCornmeal (proja)Plums

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Serbian · Stews
Wedding Cabbage (Свадбарски купус) — Slow-Cooked Serbian Cabbage and Meat
Svadbarski kupus is a hearty Serbian wedding stew of fermented cabbage, fresh meat, and smoked pork, slowly cooked in layers. Unlike sarma, the cabbage is not rolled around a filling; serve this generous communal dish with proja, Serbian cornbread.
325 min 8 540 cal

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Serbian · Appetizers

Serbian Cheese Gibanica (Гибаница) — Crumpled Filo Pie with White Cheese

Gibanica is Serbia's beloved crumpled filo pie, rich with eggs, white brined cheese, yogurt, and often kajmak. It is served warm at family tables, celebrations, and casual breakfasts with ajvar or more yogurt.

65 min 8 540 cal

🇷🇸Serbian Recipes

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Wedding Cabbage (Свадбарски купус) — Slow-Cooked Serbian Cabbage and Meat

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Serbian Cheese Gibanica (Гибаница) — Crumpled Filo Pie with White Cheese

Karadjordje's Schnitzel (Карађорђева шницла) — Serbian Kajmak-Filled Cutlet

Pljeskavica (Пљескавица) — Serbian Grilled Meat Patty

Serbian Sarma (Сарма) — Stuffed Sour Cabbage Rolls