Recipes with onions

Shredded sauerkraut baked slowly with onion, paprika and pieces of pork or turkey until golden. Traditionally made with leftover Christmas roast.

Stefan Đorđević

Hand-minced lamb with tail fat and red pepper, pressed onto wide skewers and grilled over charcoal. Served with lavash, grilled tomatoes and sumac oni...

Driton Berisha

Soft dough half-moons filled with potato, farmer's cheese and fried onion, boiled and then topped with more buttery onions.

Sara Kovačević

In Bosnia only the meat version is called burek. Hand-stretched dough is rolled around seasoned beef and onion, coiled into a round pan and baked unti...

Amira Hodžić

Balls of beef smashed thin on a scorching griddle for a lacy crust, stacked with cheese in soft buns.

Paul Wagner

Small skinless sausages of minced beef, grilled over charcoal and served ten at a time in warm somun with raw onion and kajmak. The taste of Baščaršij...

Amira Hodžić

Ripe avocados mashed with lime, onion, chilli and coriander. Chunky, bright and ready in ten minutes.

Driton Berisha

Pork marinated in guajillo chilli, achiote and pineapple, seared and piled onto corn tortillas with onion, coriander and grilled pineapple.

Driton Berisha

A thin flat pie of Swiss chard, onion and parsley, baked on the hearth and brushed with garlic olive oil. Protected Croatian heritage food, simple and...

Sara Kovačević

Soaked, uncooked chickpeas blitzed with herbs and spices, shaped and fried until crackling outside and green inside.

Gentiana Shala

Macedonia's national dish: big white beans baked in a clay pan with onions, dried red peppers and mint until the top is caramelised.

Stefan Đorđević

Chickpeas simmered in a tangy onion and tomato masala with amchur and garam masala. A cheap, filling, weeknight vegan hero.

Driton Berisha

Ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, red onion and Kalamata olives with a whole slab of feta, oregano and good olive oil. No lettuce.

Elira Hoxha

Cuttlefish cooked with its ink into a jet-black, briny risotto. A konoba classic on the islands, and the traditional meatless dish of Christmas Eve on...

Luka Petrović

Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and onion under a snowy layer of grated white cheese. The salad that goes with every grill in the Balkans.

Stefan Đorđević

A clear, fragrant beef broth with charred onion, ginger, star anise and cinnamon, ladled over rice noodles and raw beef slices that cook in the bowl.

Gentiana Shala

Pickled cabbage leaves wrapped around meat and rice, then simmered for hours with smoked ribs. No Balkan winter holiday, Christmas or slava is complet...

Milica Jovanović

Roasted peppers, tomatoes and fresh cottage cheese (gjizë) baked into a creamy, spoonable dish. Serve it straight from the pan with crusty bread.

Agron Syla

A large, thin patty of beef and pork seasoned with onion and paprika, grilled over charcoal and served in lepinja flatbread with kajmak, onion and ajv...

Marko Nikolić

A bright herb salad: mostly parsley and mint, with a little fine bulgur, tomato, lemon and olive oil.

Elira Hoxha

Clear chicken and dashi broth seasoned with soy tare, with springy noodles, soy-marinated eggs, chashu chicken and spring onions.

Gentiana Shala

The fasting version of the Serbian bean pot, served at slavas that fall on fasting days and on Christmas Eve. Smoky paprika and slow simmering give it...

Stefan Đorđević

Beef marinated overnight in wine vinegar, larded with garlic and bacon, then braised for hours with prunes, red wine and prošek into a dark, sweet-sou...

Sara Kovačević

Lemon, garlic and oregano chicken skewers, grilled and wrapped in warm pita with tzatziki, tomato and onion.

Gentiana Shala