From the community’s kitchens
Macedonian Cuisine
A central collection of Macedonian recipes — begun by the home cooks of the Macedonian community in Ontario, and widened to the dishes cooked across Macedonia itself.
140 recipes
10 home cooks
48 fasting
6 courses
-
Gjevrečinja
Кире Банишки
-
Leek pie
Туѓино Јабано
-
Nettle pie
Туѓино Јабано
-
Simit
Туѓино Јабано
-
Lepinja
Туѓино Јабано
-
Pumpkin zelnik
Туѓино Јабано
-
Somun flatbread
Туѓино Јабано
| Photograph | Recipe | Course | Contributor | Time | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Gjevrečinja Rings of dough boiled first in honeyed water, then rolled in sesame and baked. Suitable for fasting exactly as written. | Pastry & pies Fasting | Кире Банишки | 1 hr 55 min | 7 |
|
|
Leek pie A coiled lenten pie of stewed leek and rice, made through the fasts and all winter long. | Pastry & pies Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 1 hr 45 min | 11 |
|
|
Nettle pie A spring pie of blanched young nettles and rice, made in the weeks before the nettles flower. | Pastry & pies Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 1 hr 20 min | 10 |
|
|
Simit The sesame ring of the old Ottoman towns, known across Macedonia as gjevrek and eaten from the bag. | Pastry & pies Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 2 hr 5 min | 9 |
|
|
Lepinja A soft, airy bakery flatbread, split for kebapi or torn alongside beans and ajvar. | Pastry & pies Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 1 hr 55 min | 7 |
|
|
Pumpkin zelnik A layered pumpkin pie made through the autumn and during the fasts, when eggs and butter are set aside. | Pastry & pies Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 2 hr | 10 |
|
|
Somun flatbread A round bakery flatbread the size of a plate, torn warm at iftar or alongside grilled meat. | Pastry & pies Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 1 hr 52 min | 8 |
Cook something that is not here?
Send us the recipe as you make it at home. We read every one.
Send us a recipe
Write it as you would tell a friend. Somebody will read it and write back before anything is published.
About the collection A cookbook written by a community
At the core of this collection are 32 recipes gathered from readers of Tugjino Jabano, a newspaper of the Macedonian community in Ontario. Each was written out by the cook herself, measured in cups and spoons, the way a dish is made at home.
The collection has been widened with dishes cooked across Macedonia.
The archive recipes keep their original substance; where the instructions were too brief to follow, clarifications have been added. The untouched 2005 text is preserved in the society’s archive. The photographs on these pages are modern illustrations made for the collection — the contributors’ own photographs stay in the archive beside their words.
The Fasting mark means the recipe as written contains no meat, dairy or eggs. This collection treats fish as permitted throughout the fasting periods; for the stricter days, check the ingredients yourself.
The cooks
- Весна Огњанова Ajax, ON 1 recipes
- Гордана Мишковска-Колева Brampton, ON 4 recipes
- Горица Јовчевска Markham, ON 3 recipes
- Дијана Веселиновска Etobicoke, ON 7 recipes
- Донка Цапова Mississauga, ON 3 recipes
- Каролина Петковска Brampton, ON 1 recipes
- Кире Банишки Toronto, ON 1 recipes
- Марија Банишка Toronto, ON 1 recipes
- Марија Дика Toronto, ON 1 recipes
- Мими Toronto, ON 2 recipes
The original page tugjinojabano.com/cuisine.php was created by Aco Lukaroski and donated to the Canadian Macedonian Heritage Society.