recipe for lyutenitsa

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LYUTENITSA (Bulgarian: лютеница,(lyuto meaning spicy) is a national relish of Bulgaria. The ingredients include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onion, garlic, black pepper, cummin, sunflower oil, sugar and salt. Lyutenica may be slightly hotter (spicier) depending on the spices and the chilly pepper in it. In recent years, industrial production of lyutenica has flourished and popularized it outside the Balkans. Thanks to its ingredients it is extremely healthy and delicious as well. Bulgarian children have grown up with a slice of bread, lyutenitsa spread on it. In addition, it has to be noted that different regions and countries have substantially different interpretations of it. A FAST LYUTENITSA Necessary ingredients: 5 kg of peppers and round fleshy peppers, cleaned, cut in large pieces 3 kg of tomatoes cut in cubes 1 kg of carrots, sliced 56 average sized aroma apples (about 1 kg), cleaned from seeds and cut in pieces 1 teacup of sugar, 1 teacup of sunflower oil, 1 teacup of vinegar, 4 soupspoons of salt, Spices: black pepper, cumin, parsley, garlic, chilly pepper All these are boiled in a large pot until it gets thick enough to “make a path” after the stirring spoon. After it cools it goes through a kibbler to take the flakes and seeds away. The mixture is then well stirred and put in jars after cooling completely. The jars are sterilized for 5 to 10 minutes. Preparation time: boiling – 2.30 hours., kibbling – about 1 hour, cooling down – 30 minutes, sterilization – 10 minutes. Total preparation time – about 4 hours.

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Recipe for the traditional Bulgarian Lyutenitsa - a spicy tomato&pepper paste

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Page 1: Recipe for Lyutenitsa

 LYUTENITSA (Bulgarian: лютеница, (lyuto meaning spicy) is a national relish of Bulgaria. 

The ingredients include tomatoes, peppers, 

eggplant, onion, garlic, black pepper, cummin, 

sunflower oil, sugar and salt. 

Lyutenica may be slightly hotter (spicier) 

depending on the spices and the chilly pepper in 

it. In recent years, industrial production of 

lyutenica has flourished and popularized it outside 

the Balkans. Thanks to its ingredients it is 

extremely healthy and delicious as well. Bulgarian 

children have grown up with a slice of bread, 

lyutenitsa spread on it.  In addition, it has to be 

noted that different regions and countries have 

substantially different interpretations of  it. 

 

A FAST LYUTENITSA  

Necessary ingredients: 

5 kg of peppers and round fleshy 

peppers, cleaned, cut in large pieces                                                                                

3 kg of tomatoes cut in cubes 

1 kg of carrots, sliced  

5‐6 average sized aroma apples (about 

1 kg), cleaned from seeds and cut in 

pieces 

1 teacup of sugar, 1 teacup of 

sunflower oil, 1 teacup of vinegar, 4 

soupspoons of salt,  

Spices: black pepper, cumin, parsley, garlic, chilly pepper 

 

All these are boiled in a large pot until it gets thick enough to “make a path” after the stirring 

spoon. After it cools it goes through a kibbler to take the flakes and seeds away. The mixture 

is then well stirred and put in jars after cooling completely. The jars are sterilized for 5 to 10 

minutes. 

 

Preparation time: boiling – 2.30 hours., kibbling – about 1 hour, cooling down – 30 minutes, 

sterilization – 10 minutes. Total preparation time – about 4 hours.