Ideas come to us in many different ways, this particular idea came to me last night whilst nestling a glass of sljivovica ( plum brandy, and NO not all of it is rocket fuel ) How about a culinary journey through the Croatian alphabet, a bit like "Julie and Julia" but actually more like "Slavko and Zlatko" now the Croatian alphabet has 30 letters some of whom you will recognize some of whom you wont and some of whom wont be there at all, like the letter Q so here goes
A is for Ajvar
Now this delicous relish of eggplant, red capsicum, garlic and chilli is enjoyed all over the region, from breakfast where it is smeared on toast, to it accompanying your favourite cold meats in a roll or as a side to cevapcici, ajvar is very popular I will go so far as stating that its Balkan Vegemite. Ajvar making season is about now, with my mum forever commenting on the various qualities of capsicums and so forth, recipes are closely guarded which wont stop me posting one as soon as i can pry one out of the relatives so keep a look out, as for the shop bought stuff I have seen the PODRAVKA brand for sale at Coles and Woolworth's usually in the international section ( very quaint ), or you should find it in most delis with a eastern european bent.
Ziveli
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