Smolyan

Patatnik

Ingredients:

1 kg potatoes, onion, eggs, white cheese, black pepper, salt, 2 rolled out sheets of pastry, butter

 

Method:

Grate the potatoes on a grater and add to them the finely chopped onion, crumbled white cheese, ground black pepper and salt to taste. In a baking dish greased with butter, lay 1 rolled out sheet of pastry. Spread over it the mixture and cover with the second sheet of pastry. Bake in a moderate oven for 15–20 min., then turn upside down and bake on the other side.



Caramel custard

Ingredients:

  • for the cream: milk, eggs, sugar, water
  • for the caramel sugar, water

 

Method:

Beat the eggs in milk. In separate small bowls, caramelize the sugar and pour some milk-egg mixture in each. Arrange the bowls in a baking dish with some cold water in it, and bake at a low temperature so as the water in the dish won’t boil. The caramel custard is first baked from the top, and then only from the bottom. If the water begins to boil, add some cold water to cool it down.



Wedge

Ingredients:

rice, 5 eggs, milk, water, salt, sunflower oil, 2 rolled out sheets of pastry, butter

 

Method:

Boil the rice in water, salt and sunflower oil, and make sure it won’t stick. After it is ready, set aside to cool and then add the beaten eggs and milk to obtain a medium thick mixture. Lay a rolled out sheet of pastry in a baking dish greased with butter. Spread over it the mixture and cover with the second sheet of pastry. Bake in a moderate oven for 20 min., then turn upside down and bake on the other side.

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