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
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Ajvar
Туѓино Јабано
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Pindjur
Туѓино Јабано
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Malidzano
Туѓино Јабано
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Lutenica
Туѓино Јабано
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Turshija (pickled vegetables)
Туѓино Јабано
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Roasted peppers with garlic
Туѓино Јабано
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Makalo
Туѓино Јабано
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Cironka with garlic and vinegar
Туѓино Јабано
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Ajvar A slow-cooked roasted red pepper relish that families make together each autumn and jar for the winter. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 4 hr 10 min | 7 |
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Pindjur The softer cousin of ajvar: roasted peppers and aubergine with tomato, garlic and vinegar, for the end of summer. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 2 hr 30 min | 9 |
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Malidzano A cold spread of roasted aubergine and green peppers, eaten with bread on any meze table. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 2 hr | 11 |
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Lutenica A winter preserve of roasted peppers and tomatoes with carrot and chillies — sharper and looser than ajvar. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 2 hr 30 min | 9 |
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Turshija (pickled vegetables) Autumn vegetables put down in brine and eaten right through the winter, beside beans, stews and bread. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 1 hr 15 min | 14 |
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Roasted peppers with garlic Three ingredients and a way of roasting that every Macedonian household knows by heart. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 1 hr 10 min | 6 |
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Makalo A thick garlic and dried pepper sauce for dipping bread — what went with the grill in every old tavern. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 25 min | 7 |
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Cironka with garlic and vinegar Salted, sun-dried lake fish from Prespa, softened and dressed with garlic and vinegar for the fasting table. | Starter Fasting | Туѓино Јабано | 1 hr 5 min | 9 |
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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.