{"title":"Shop the Recipe: Pljeskavica","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Balkan burger — a hand-pressed patty of seasoned minced meat, grilled until charred and juicy, then served in warm lepinja with ajvar, raw onion, and a melting spoon of kajmak. Bigger than a ćevap, every bit as beloved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFresh patties are in-store pickup at San Jose \u0026amp; Alhambra; ajvar, kajmak \u0026amp; seasonings ship nationwide.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"podravka-fant-cevapcici-pljeskavice-mix-40-g-842826000679","title":"Podravka Fant Cevapcici \u0026 Pljeskavice Mix, Croatian Seasoning 40g (1.4oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePodravka Fant — the ćevap + pljeskavica double-duty packet.\u003c\/strong\u003e Croatian-recipe grill blend with paprika + dried garlic + black pepper + the carbonate that gives ground meat the springy bite. Knead into beef-and-lamb, hand-shape ćevapi fingers or thick pljeskavica rounds. Koprivnica's 1947 kitchen running the Sunday cookout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Podravka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48252698231012,"sku":"PAN-PODR-CEV-40G","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/842826000679.jpg?v=1778808775"},{"product_id":"podravka-ajvar-hot-350-g-842826001034","title":"Podravka Hot Ajvar, Croatian Roasted Red Pepper Spread 350g (12.3oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePodravka Hot Ajvar — Croatian classic, smaller pour.\u003c\/strong\u003e The starter jar of Koprivnica's 1947 hot recipe — for the apartment kitchen, the single household, the diaspora cook trying Podravka's chili register before committing to the family-size jar. Spoons beside ćevapi, layers thick onto grilled bread with onion, finishes a roast vegetable tray.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Podravka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48252943335652,"sku":"PAN-PODR-AJHO-350G","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/842826001034.jpg?v=1778808454"},{"product_id":"vegeta-all-purpose-seasoning-1000-g-842826000036","title":"Vegeta All Purpose Seasoning 1000g (2.2lb)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe kilo pour for the household that cooks every night.\u003c\/strong\u003e Vegeta original — 1959 Koprivnica recipe, salty-savory granule blend the Balkans built every weekday meal around. The format that earns its place next to the flour bin in the diaspora pantry. Stretches across čorba, paprikash, roast potatoes, and the eggs that start every morning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vegeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48252969877732,"sku":"PAN-VEGE-1000G","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/842826000036_e8c70a64-f1a6-46fc-a0f6-eb98dcb604dd.jpg?v=1778808408"},{"product_id":"va-va-vava-original-recipe-mild-ajvar-530-g-384839000159","title":"Va-Va Original Recipe Mild Ajvar, Macedonian Vegetable Spread 530g (18.7oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVa-Va Original Recipe Mild — the founding-formula jar.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Macedonian mild ajvar in the recipe register Va-Va built the brand on — kapija pepper, oil, salt, the slow roast. Standard household pour for the diaspora cook who keeps coming back to the original line over the homemade variants. Anchors the breakfast plate, sits at the Sunday lunch table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Va-Va Premium Foods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48252999598308,"sku":"PAN-VAVA-530G","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/384839000159.png?v=1772776934"},{"product_id":"hina-roasted-red-peppers-with-garlic-680-g-8975234700588","title":"Hina Roasted Red Peppers with Garlic, Croatian Style 680g (24oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHina's whole roasted red peppers — Croatia's kapija country in the jar, fire-charred, peeled soft, garlic-oil bathed.\u003c\/strong\u003e Smoky-sweet, glossy red, melt-tender flesh. Tear over a kashkaval plate, blend into homemade ajvar, or layer into a pljeskavica-and-lepinja sandwich at Slava. The whole-pepper version for the cook who pulses their own ajvar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253019586788,"sku":"PAN-HINA-680G","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/8975234700588.jpg?v=1778729559"},{"product_id":"brother-sister-pljeskavice-beef-veal-patties-680-g-733426025585","title":"Brother \u0026 Sister Pljeskavice Beef \u0026 Veal Patties 680g (1.5lb)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Balkan burger — pljeskavica.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wide, hand-formed beef-and-veal patties seasoned with onion, garlic, and traditional spices. Grill or pan-sear until well-charred outside and juicy within, then serve inside lepinja flatbread with kajmak, ajvar, and a heap of raw onion — the way it comes off the rošt at a Sarajevo grill house.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brother \u0026 Sister","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253066150116,"sku":"DEL-BROT-680G","price":27.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/733426025585.jpg?v=1778808341"},{"product_id":"emsa-xxl-pljeskavice-beef-patties-790-g-884193001040","title":"Emsa XXL Pljeskavice Beef Patties 790g (1.7lb)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe plate-sized XXL pljeskavica.\u003c\/strong\u003e The supersized restaurant-style Balkan beef patty — often wider than the lepinja itself, the way Bosnian and Serbian grill houses cut it. Grill or pan-sear until well-charred, then serve with kajmak, ajvar, raw onion, and pickled chili for a backyard feast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emsa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253076144356,"sku":"DEL-EMSA-790G","price":26.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/884193001040.jpg?v=1778808324"},{"product_id":"emsa-pljeskavice-beef-patties-6-pack-680-g-884193000517","title":"Emsa Pljeskavice Beef Patties 680g (1.5lb)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Balkan grilled beef patty — pljeskavica.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wide, hand-formed all-beef patties built for char and juice. Grill or pan-sear until well-browned, then serve inside lepinja with kajmak, ajvar, raw onion, and pickled chili — the way it's plated at a Leskovac roštilj house in southern Serbia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emsa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253079421156,"sku":"DEL-EMSA-680G","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/884193000517.jpg?v=1778729545"},{"product_id":"poljorad-paprika-punjena-kajmakom-i-sirom-stuffed-peppers-500-g-3870101000219","title":"Poljorad Stuffed Peppers with Kajmak \u0026 Cheese, Bosnian Style 500g (1.1lb)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoljorad Stuffed Peppers with Kajmak and Cheese are a 500g jar of ready-to-serve Bosnian paprike punjene kajmakom i sirom — whole sweet peppers filled with a creamy blend of kajmak and white cheese in brine, the Bosnian meze staple that requires nothing more than a fork and a piece of bread to serve. Poljorad is a Bosnian agricultural cooperative producer making traditional preserved vegetables and meze items for the Bosnian household and diaspora market — the producer that puts the stuffed pepper tradition into a jar for the kitchen that lacks the time or the homemade kajmak. Stuffed peppers with kajmak and cheese are a Bosnian and Herzegovinian meze classic: the appetizer that appears on every sofra set for guests, the Bajram table item alongside sujuk and sirnica, and the fridge-raider's reward on a slow Sunday afternoon. Serve straight from the jar as a Bosnian meze alongside somun or crusty bread, plate at the sofra table with sujuk and pastrmka, or set out at Bajram or Eid as the savoury pepper component of the festive cold-starter spread.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poljorad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253225369828,"sku":"PAN-POLJ-500G","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/3870101000219.jpg?v=1778808171"},{"product_id":"mlekara-sabac-a-la-kajmak-soft-dairy-spread-250-g-897523440051","title":"Mlekara Šabac A La Kajmak Soft Dairy Spread, Serbian Style 250g (8.8oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMlekara Šabac A La Kajmak\u003c\/strong\u003e — the lighter, spread-format kajmak from Mlekara Šabac, the old-Serbia dairy out of the Šabac region in western Serbia. The \"A La Kajmak\" name signals this is the modern, spreadable interpretation rather than the heavy traditional jar — softer texture, easier to dollop straight from the 250g (8.8oz) container, ideal for everyday use. Still the clotted-cream register: lightly salted, butter-adjacent, snow-cream pale. The smaller format and lighter body make this the weekday-kajmak — bread + kajmak quick breakfast, the ćevapi companion when you need just enough, the burek dollop for one. For the heavier traditional kajmak experience reach for a Domaci-style or family-size jar; this is the everyday-table version.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mlekara Sabac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253232349412,"sku":"DAI-MLEK-250G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/897523440051.jpg?v=1778684364"},{"product_id":"ethnic-bakery-domaci-kajmak-creamy-spread-408-g-860437001724","title":"Ethnic Bakery Domaci Kajmak Creamy Spread, Bosnian 408g (14.4oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEthnic Bakery Domaci Kajmak\u003c\/strong\u003e — Bosnian home-style kajmak in the 408g (14.4oz) tub, \u003cem\u003edomaći\u003c\/em\u003e meaning \"homemade\" in Bosnian, and the register here is exactly that: kitchen-table kajmak, the kind that goes alongside fresh-baked lepinja or somun on a Sarajevo morning. Clotted-creamy, lightly salted, skin-set in the traditional slow-cook method — Bosnian kajmak carries a softer, spreadable texture than its Serbian counterparts, made to fold easily onto warm bread or into a wedge of burek straight from the oven. This is the breakfast kajmak first, the roštilj-side second. Pair with ćevapi off the grill, slip a spoonful into a folded pita, or eat it the diaspora way — torn lepinja, dollop on top, coffee on the side.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ethnic Bakery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253248798948,"sku":"DAI-ETHN-408G","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/860437001724.jpg?v=1778729488"},{"product_id":"balkan-farms-kajmak-home-made-soft-dairy-spread-450-g-834839010035","title":"Balkan Farms Kajmak Soft Dairy Spread, Serbian Style 450g (15.9oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBalkan Farms Kajmak\u003c\/strong\u003e — Serbian-style clotted cream in the family-size 450g (15.9oz) tub, USA-made to the old-Serbia recipe of skin-cream skimmed from boiled milk, lightly salted, and slow-set until spoon-thick. Kajmak is the clotted-cream king of the Balkans, a class of its own — uncultured, butter-adjacent, distinct from sour cream or kaymak. This is the diaspora-pantry kajmak you reach for when the roštilj fires up: the non-negotiable companion to ćevapčići, the bread-and-kajmak breakfast staple alongside warm somun, the Slava-table dish next to ajvar. Generous fat content makes this the right tub for sharing — fold a spoonful into a folded burek, dollop onto grilled corn, or spread on a thick slice of crusty Balkan bread.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balkan Farms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253258858724,"sku":"DAI-BALK-450G","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/834839010035.jpg?v=1778808144"},{"product_id":"poljorad-travnicki-sir-traditional-white-cheese-1500-g-3870101000806","title":"Poljorad Travnicki Sir Traditional White Cheese, Bosnian 1.5kg (3.3lb)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoljorad Travnicki Sir Traditional Bosnian White Cheese\u003c\/strong\u003e — Bosnian Travnik-region sirenje in the large 1.5kg (3.3lb) family format from Poljorad. \u003cem\u003eTravnički sir\u003c\/em\u003e = \"Travnik cheese\" — anchored in the central-Bosnia Travnik dairy tradition, one of the most famous sheep-cheese-producing regions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Brine-firm, salt-bright, crumble-yield, sheep-tang — the canonical Travnik sirenje register, mountain-pasture sheep dairy aged in brine. The right pour for the burek\/gibanica filling (Bosnian filo cheese pies), the breakfast plate with warm somun + ajvar + cheese, the pljeskavica plate cheese course, or the mezze plate alongside lukanka + pickle. Family-size 1.5kg for households cooking Bosnian recipes regularly. 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