Pickled Vegetables

A jar of Podravka peppers on the shelf is as familiar in Croatian kitchens as the brand's own Vegeta seasoning. This is Podravka's Mild Peppers, ma...

At a Macedonian family barbecue, a bowl of giardiniera always sat next to the grill, sharp and cooling against the smoke. Va-Va Premium Foods (made...

Every mezze table back home has a jar of grilled peppers cracked open next to the bread. Va-Va Premium Foods grills these Mediterranean cherry pepp...

Someone always warns the kids which jar is the hot one before the peppers hit the table. Va-Va Premium Foods marinates these hot and sweet red cher...

This is the mixed vegetable jar that sits on every Macedonian table, cauliflower and carrot and pepper pickled together the way it's done back home...

Stuffed peppers with pickled cabbage on the table is a Romanian winter classic, the tang of the cabbage cutting through the rich filling. Cegusto m...

A jar of Polish sauerkraut with carrots on the counter is the taste of the fermenting crocks every Polish household keeps in the cellar. Vavel, a P...

Zimnica is the name for the jars of mixed vegetables Balkan families put up every autumn to last the winter, and this Balkan salata carries that sa...

Macedonia's red pepper fillets from Natural Farmer in the family-host jar — long kapija strips packed brine-bright, snap-firm, ready to layer. Vine...

Macedonia's spicy tomato peppers from Natural Farmer — round red peppers with a measured heat riding through the brine. Snap-firm, sweet-pepper und...

Serbia's gogosari from Livada — sliced round red peppers in clean vinegar brine, snap-firm and sweet. Lacto-bright finish, no heat, the Belgrade-pa...

Croatia's krastavci from Podravka — Koprivnica's 1947 brining tradition, dill-led, snap-firm through the brine line. Vinegar-bright, garlic-tinged,...

Podravka's krastavci in the family-host jar — Croatia's dill pickle scaled for the holiday table. Long firm cucumbers, brine-clean, dill-and-garlic...

Croatia's mixed vegetable salad from Podravka — Koprivnica's brining tradition since 1947, dialed to the everyday pour. Cauliflower, carrot, gherki...

Croatia's quiet feferoni jar — Podravka's mild peppers, brined for the diaspora dinner where the heat stays at the bottom of the menu. Crisp paprik...

Croatia's everyday krastavci from Podravka — the standard pour Koprivnica families keep on the door of the fridge. Snap-firm cucumbers, vinegar-bri...

Croatia's Koprivnica-kitchen jar — Podravka's hot peppers, table-side since 1947. Crisp paprike with a mellow vinegar bite and a warm finish that w...

Hungary's stuffed yellow peppers with cabbage from Bende — long sweet-yellow peppers, cabbage-filled, brined Balkan-style. Pliable, vinegar-bright,...

Poland's old-style pickled salad from Belveder — the recipe that pre-dates the modern brine. Cucumber, pepper, carrot, and cabbage in a slow-vinega...

Belveder Grandma Vegetable Salad — Sałatka Babuni — is a traditional Polish mixed-vegetable salad made in the style of a grandmother's home recipe,...

Sombor's signature paprika kept the way village kitchens always did it — whole, brined, fire-warm. Ask Grandma's Recipe carries the Vojvodina-style...

Krinos grape leaves — Greece's tender brined leaves, pliable and bright, ready to roll. Generations of diaspora kitchens used Krinos for both Greek...

Every Balkan household keeps a jar of marinated tomatoes on hand, saved from the height of summer for the long winter table. This is ZerGüt's Marin...

Zergüt's sweet roasted red peppers — Bulgaria's kapija country in the family-size pour, whole peppers fire-charred and peeled, no garlic competing....