Spreads & Sweets

Vava's fig extra jam is a taste of Mediterranean sun, bringing rich sweetness to any dish. It’s superb on freshly baked bread or alongside a cheese...

Va-Va fresh fig fruit preserve in the family-host jar — Macedonia's whole-fig syrup preserve, sweet-soft and honey-amber. Glossy-tender, fig-deep, ...

Macedonia's Luna pistachio cream spread from Vitaminka — Skopje-pantry pistachio crema, sweet and richly nutty. Pale green, silky, the diaspora-Mac...

Macedonia's wild fig whole-fruit preserve with walnuts from Va-Va — whole figs slow-cooked in syrup with walnut halves suspended through. Honey-amb...

Macedonia's šljiva pekmez from Vitaminka — slow-cooked plum spread, dark-glossed and sweetened-mild. Thick-spreadable, plum-deep, the Skopje-pantry...

Linzer-cookie filling, jarred. Sunday's Black Forest jam — dark cherry-berry blend cooked thick enough to hold a Linzer thumbprint without running....

Smokva, štrudla-thick. Vincinni's fig — cooked dense enough to hold inside a rolled štrudla without leaking, the Macedonian baker's filling jar. Us...

Trešnja, štrudla-firm. Vincinni's cherry — Macedonian filling jam thickened for rolled štrudla and pita work, holds shape under heat without bleedi...

Drenjak & jabuka, jarred ruby. Vitaminka's cornelian cherry-and-apple marmalade — Macedonian Prilep cooperative cooks wild dren berries with au...