The Most Common Nuts In Bulgarian Cuisine

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The Most Common Nuts In Bulgarian Cuisine
The Most Common Nuts In Bulgarian Cuisine
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Seeds and nuts have been used for many centuries in traditional Bulgarian dishes because they are nutritious, satiating and sources of important fats. In the following lines we will introduce you to the most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine.

Walnuts

Without a doubt, we will put walnuts in the first place in popularity in Bulgarian cuisine, because walnuts grow in almost all our areas. Given their increased price (around BGN 15-17 wholesale by 2020), which has been observed recently, it will not be strange to set yourself the goal of picking walnuts. It is also a fact that we Bulgarians, although well behind the French and the Swiss, rank among the largest exporters of these valuable nuts in the world.

The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine
The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine

What Bulgarian dishes do we prepare with the help of walnuts?

The typical Bulgarian tarator or milk salad (Snezhanka salad), our walnuts and our St. Nicholas carp are just a small part of the dishes we prepare with walnuts. We add them to various cakes and they are used to decorate cakes and creams. The classic Dobush or Garash cake is a real example of how much we value walnuts.

Oatmeal

The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine
The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine

Although until recently considered slightly "old-fashioned", oatmeal is back in the Bulgarian table. This is probably against the background of the popular muesli, but the truth is that oatmeal is completely natural and, unlike the muesli mentioned, does not contain other impurities. Of course, if they are real. You can make oatmeal with them, soak them in our favorite Bulgarian yogurt, with which we are famous, or make a dessert. They have a very low glycemic index and are suitable for consumption even by diabetics.

Peanuts

The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine
The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine

Unlike Asian cuisine, where peanuts are widely used in making various dishes, we consume peanuts mainly as a snack - baked and salted. However, they are often present at our table, and let's not forget that the picturesque Plovdiv town of Sadovo is famous for some of the highest quality Bulgarian peanutswhich are produced in the Balkans.

Sunflower and pumpkin seeds

The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine
The most common nuts in Bulgarian cuisine

Sunflower / although it is a seed / ranks as the second most important agricultural crop for Bulgaria and if we add that sunflower oil is prepared from it, we should put it in the first place. At the same time, we are not used to adding sunflower or pumpkin seeds to traditional salads or dishes. Something that other nations are used to taking for granted. But who knows, cooking is a vast field that recognizes no boundaries.

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