Pantry

Marco Polo fig preserve — slow-cooked fig in syrup, honey-amber and fruit-soft. Glossy-tender, fig-deep, the diaspora-pantry sweet-jar standard. Sp...

Marco Polo Peach Preserve is a 368g jar of sweet peach fruit preserve — tender, sun-ripe peach preserved in the jam format, with a colour that runs...

A jar of dill pickles always sat on the table growing up, sharp and cold next to whatever was on the grill. These are ZerGüt Dill Pickle Spears, Po...

Mercury's sudžuk blend — the cured-sausage spice. Bulgarian sausage-house recipe: cumin + black pepper + paprika + dried garlic + the salt-cure pro...

Zergüt Tomato Paste — Bulgarian cooking-base, family jar. Concentrated double-strength tomato paste in the Sofia-pantry pour, the foundation that b...

Marco Polo Plum Preserve — Bulgarian-orchard plums slow-cooked to a deep, dark fruit set in the 368g family jar, the šljiva preserve diaspora pantr...

A jar of lutenica opened at breakfast, spread thick on fresh bread next to white cheese, is a taste of a Bulgarian pantry staple. Zergüt Lutenica i...

A jar of mixed pickled vegetables like this sat on every table for the winter months, the crunch of cabbage and carrots cutting through a heavy mea...

Bulgaria's tzarska salata — the "royal" mosaic from V&G, layered cabbage, gherkin, pepper, and cauliflower in a sharper-than-usual brine. Vineg...

V&G's salad assorti — Bulgaria's mosaic pickle in the variant cut, vegetables sliced for fork-eating. Bright vinegar tang, snap-firm, no heat. ...

Bulgaria's roasted eggplant and red pepper, kept in strips for texture. Zergüt chars red peppers and eggplant over fire, slices both, and packs the...

Bulgaria's sweet roasted red peppers from Zergüt in the starter pour — whole kapija peppers, fire-charred, packed soft and ready to tear. Smoke-swe...

Zergüt Giant Beans in Tomato Sauce — Bulgarian gigantes ready-to-plate. Large white beans slow-cooked in tomato sauce, the Bulgarian mezze-board po...

Sliced marinated eggplant always sat next to the olives and peppers on the meze plate before the grill even got going. This is ZerGüt Marinated Egg...

Bulgaria's rice-folded vegetable salad from Steinhauer — peppers, carrots, and cabbage cooked down with rice into a savory stuffing-style pickle. S...

Zergüt's Polish-style sauerkraut in the starter pour — Bulgaria's fermented-cabbage take on the Wigilia classic. Crisp-shred, tangy-clean, lactic-b...

Bulgaria's roasted red peppers from V&G in the family-host jar — kapija peppers fire-charred, peeled silky, packed in their own juice. Smoke-sw...

V&G Refined Sunflower Oil — Bulgarian household-bulk frying oil. Bulgarian-tradition refined sunflower oil in the V&G family-bulk format — ...

Mercury Dried Basil — Bulgarian-pantry small jar. Dried bosilek for the tomato-based pasta sauce, the pizza dust, the marinade for grilled chicken....

Big beans simmered in spicy tomato sauce are the kind of Sunday lunch that fills the whole house with a good smell. This is ZerGüt's Giant Beans in...

Bulgaria's kosher dill in House Of Garden's family-size jar — long firm cucumbers in vinegar-clean brine with dill, garlic, and bay leaf. Snap-cris...

Steinhauer Danube Vegetable Salad — Bulgarian winter-preserve jar. Mixed Bulgarian vegetables slow-cooked into a soft spread-and-fork preserve — th...

Grape leaves rolled tight around rice are the appetizer plate that shows up at every Balkan holiday table. This is ZerGüt's Grape Leaves Stuffed wi...

Zergüt Roasted Eggplant & Pepper Strips — Bulgarian mezze format. Eggplant and kapija pepper roasted whole, sliced into strips, packed in oil —...