Shopska Salad

This is one of Macedonia's most famous dishes especially on summer.


Ingredients:

• 3-4 tomatoes,
• 1 cucumber,
• 4-5 peppers,
• 1 Onion,
• 150g brined sheep's Cheese,
• parsley,
• vinegar,
• sunflower oil and
• salt

 Bake, peel and seed the peppers. Cut into small strips and add the diced tomatoes, cucumbers and Onion. Add salt, oil and vinegar, and mix. Serve in the shape of a pyramid, top with chopped parsley and grated Cheese.

Tarator

Tarator is a cold salad (it looks like cold creamy soup), and it's eaten mainly in summertime because it's light and refreshing. But you can eat it anytime through the year. It's very simple to make, and many Balkan kitchens have their own version of this salad. This is the Macedonian recipe:

1 large cucumber
500gr sour milk
1 clove of garlic (or spring garlic)minced or finely chopped
salt, pepper
dill or parsley
optional 1 tablespoon oil

Wash and peel the cucumber, then chop it into very small cubes. Add the sour milk and stir it well until there's no lumps of the sour milk. Add the minced garlic (or chopped spring garlic), finely chopped dill or parsley, salt, pepper and the oil. Mix everything until well combined.
That's it! And eat:-))