Non-Fasting Recipes

Feast-day recipes containing meat, dairy, and eggs — for Pascha, Bright Week, and other days when the fast is lifted.

Serbian Non Fasting

Krofne — Serbian Jelly Doughnuts

Soft, airy, round Serbian doughnuts — essentially the Serbian version of the Central European jelly doughnut (Berline...

Serbian Non Fasting

Slavski Kolač — Slava Bread

The ritual bread of the Serbian slava — every Serbian Orthodox family celebrates their patron saint day with a prescr...

Serbian Non Fasting

Vasin Kolač — Vasa's Cake

A classic Serbian layer cake: thin layers of nutty almond-walnut meringue alternating with a rich chocolate buttercre...

Serbian Non Fasting

Riblja Čorba sa Pavlakom — Fish Soup with Sour Cream

A Vojvodina-style fish soup from northern Serbia — freshwater fish, tomatoes, and paprika simmered into a rich broth,...

Serbian Non Fasting

Prebranac sa Kobasicom — Serbian Baked Beans with Sausage

Classic Serbian prebranac is fasting-friendly (just beans and onions), but the celebration version adds smoked sausag...

Serbian Non Fasting

Ajvar — Roasted Red Pepper and Eggplant Spread (with Meat)

Classic ajvar is vegetarian, but the Serbian home kitchen has a beloved variation: an ajvar-based warm relish enriche...

Serbian Non Fasting

Podvarak — Braised Sauerkraut with Smoked Meat

A Serbian comfort dish: slow-braised sauerkraut with smoked meats — bacon, sausage, pork ribs — baked until the cabba...

Serbian Non Fasting

Kokošja Čorba — Serbian Chicken Soup

The Serbian Sunday soup — chicken simmered with carrots, parsnip, and fresh parsley root, finished with fine home-cut...

Serbian Non Fasting

Musaka — Serbian Potato and Meat Casserole

Completely distinct from Greek moussaka (no eggplant, no béchamel), Serbian musaka is a layered casserole of thinly-s...

Serbian Non Fasting

Proja — Serbian Cornbread with Cheese

Savoury Serbian cornbread — a quick bread made from cornmeal, yogurt, eggs, and crumbled white cheese. Served warm wi...

Serbian Non Fasting

Karađorđeva Šnicla — Karađorđe's Schnitzel

A Serbian restaurant classic — pounded veal (or pork) rolled around a log of kajmak, breaded, and deep-fried. When cu...

Serbian Non Fasting

Sarma — Serbian Cabbage Rolls with Pork and Beef

The Serbian cousin of the Romanian sarmale — sour cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of pork, beef, and rice, la...

Serbian Non Fasting

Pljeskavica — Serbian Burger Patty

Serbia's national burger — a large, thin patty of seasoned beef (and sometimes pork and lamb) grilled over coals, ser...

Serbian Non Fasting

Kajmak — Serbian Clotted Cream Cheese

Kajmak is the soul of Serbian dairy — a fresh, tangy, soft clotted cream skimmed from slowly heated milk, lightly sal...

Serbian Non Fasting

Gibanica — Serbian Layered Cheese Pie

The cheese pie of Serbia — crumpled sheets of phyllo dough interleaved with a rich filling of fresh white cheese, kaj...

Serbian Non Fasting

Ćevapi — Serbian Grilled Minced Meat Fingers

Small, skinless fingers of minced beef and lamb, grilled over coals and served with warm flatbread (lepinja), chopped...

Serbian Non Fasting

Pečenica — Serbian Paschal Roast Lamb

The centrepiece of Serbian Easter — a whole spring lamb roasted slowly on a rotating spit (ražanj) over wood coals. T...