Bulgarian Potatoes Recipes

BULGARIAN MOUSSAKA

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef and ground pork and cook until brown and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard fat. Add 1/4 cup olive oil, carrot, onion, celery, parsley stems, and tomatoes. Mix to combine. Stir in bell pepper and season with paprika, salt, pepper, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper. Cook until vegetables start to soften, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Transfer meat mixture to a large baking pan.
• Heat remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in a large skillet and cook potatoes until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer to the baking pan and mix well with the meat mixture.
• Bake moussaka in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove baking dish from the oven and mix in chopped parsley leaves.
• Stir eggs, yogurt, flour, and baking soda together in a bowl until it turns into a spreadable mixture. Pour over the meat mixture in the baking dish.
• Return baking dish to the oven and cook until the top is golden brown, about 15 more minutes.

BULGARIAN POTATOES

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375º. Butter 9-inch baking dish.
• Puree cottage cheese in food processor until as smooth as possible, about 1 minute
• Add butter, 1 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoons pepper and blend until combined well.
• Peel potatoes and thinly slice (1/4-1/8"), a slicer would be perfect for this.
• Spread 1/3 of the potatoes evenly in 1 layer in dish and top with 1/3 (1 scant cup) cottage cheese mixture. Mixture will NOT cover potatoes completely.
• Continue layering potatoes and cottage cheese mixture, ending with cottage cheese.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake until potatoes are tender, 1-1 1/4 hours.
• When potatoes are tender, whisk together eggs, yogurt, remaining salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Pour egg mixture evenly over potatoes and bake, uncovered, until custard is set, about 20 minutes.

BULGARIAN POTATOES

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Butter baking dish.
• Purée cottage cheese in a food processor until as smooth as possible, about 1 minute, then add butter, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and blend until combined well. Peel potatoes and cut crosswise using slicer into 1/8-inch-thick slices. Spread one third of potatoes evenly in 1 layer in dish and top with one third (a scant cup) cottage cheese mixture (mixture will not cover potatoes completely). Continue layering potatoes and cottage cheese mixture, ending with mixture. Cover tightly with foil and bake until potatoes are tender, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• Whisk together eggs, yogurt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Pour egg mixture evenly over potatoes and bake, uncovered, until custard is set, about 20 minutes.

BULGARIAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• In a salad bowl - add the finely chopped spring onions, salt, pepper to taste, the lemon juice and olive oil, and mix gently.
• Cut the potatos into cubes and add the the salad bowl.
• Gently mix, sprinkle with parsley or dill if you serve the salad with fish.