Pljeskavica is a popular meat dish from Serbia, made with lamb or ground beef and served with grilled onions and side dishes like ajvar and kajmak. It is often served on thick pita bread and can be compared to an American-style hamburger. Variations include different types of meat, seasonings, and side dishes.
Pljeskavica is a meat dish originating from Serbia, in the city of Leskovac. It is popular in the southeastern parts of Europe, especially the Balkan region. It has also gained some popularity in western areas of Europe, especially Austria and Germany.
The main feature of the dish is a large meat patty made with lamb or ground beef. The dish is usually served hot and is accompanied by grilled onions. In some places, pljeskavica is also served with side dishes.
The most common side dishes and condiments that pljeskavica is served with include ajvar and kajmak. Ajvar, which is also spelled “aijvar” is a paste or spread which is made with red peppers as the main ingredient. The consistency of ajvar is such that it can be used as a condiment or as a side dish. It is usually made with peppers that have been roasted and is sometimes made in a spicy version with chiles incorporated into the recipe.
Kajmak, which bears about half a dozen names and variations on its spelling, is a dairy food. Like aivar, kajmak is served as a side dish or appetizer but is also often used as a condiment. When thinking of similar American-style dishes, one can imagine pljeskavica as an American-style hamburger, while aivar would be something between ketchup and relish and kajmak would be mayonnaise.
Sometimes pljeskavica is served like a hamburger. Instead of being served on a traditional hamburger bun, however, it’s served on pita bread. The pita bread that is used to make a pljeskavica sandwich is usually quite thick.
Just as there are around a thousand different variations on the hamburger theme, there have been different culinary interpretations of the pljeskavica. The modifications to the dish most commonly have to do with the type of meat that is used, the side dishes that accompany the dish, and the seasonings that are used to flavor it. While burgers in the west are sometimes made with ground turkey, pljeskavica is almost always made with some kind of red meat. Just like western burgers, pljeskavica are sometimes served with a kind of cheese called kashkaval, which is a kind of yellow cheese that is used to top the patty.
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