Vegetable Spread

Podravka Hot Ajvar — the Croatian ćevapi-side standard. Koprivnica's 1947 recipe in the chili-warmed register — kapija-pepper-and-eggplant mash wit...

Vitalia is the Macedonian name behind the health-food shelf in Balkan supermarkets, and its soy pates are a plant-based stand-in for the meat paste...

Soy-based pates are a Balkan pantry fixture for meat-free days, spread thick on fresh bread. Vitalia makes this vegetarian pate from soy with a pap...

Grandma's Recipe (Ask Foods) Homemade Hot Ajvar, a roasted red pepper spread with added heat, in the Balkan tradition. A savory pepper relish serve...

Macedonia's vegan soy pâté with garlic — posno-friendly. A plant-based spread built on soy with crushed fresh garlic in the Macedonian fasting-food...

Macedonia's vegan soy pâté with olives — posno-friendly. A plant-based spread built on soy protein and black olives in the Macedonian fasting-food ...

The smell of eggplant roasting on the coals meant the spread platter was coming out that night. This is ZerGüt Roasted Eggplant, a chunky style spr...

Spicy ajvar simmered slowly at home is a taste that carries straight back to a Macedonian family kitchen. Va-Va's Hot Ajvar, a homemade-style spicy...

A jar of lutenica was always within reach at the table, the chunky relish spooned generously next to whatever came off the grill. This is Zergüt Lu...

Livada Zacuscă Țărănească — Romanian peasant-style register. The Țărănească variant carries the rustic country cut — chunkier gogoșari and eggplant...

Hina Lutenica — chunky tomato-pepper spread, family format. The tomato-rich cousin of ajvar — kapija pepper, ripe tomato, onion, slow-cooked to a m...

Mama's Hot Ajvar — Macedonian home-recipe, chili register. The chili-warmed cousin to Mama's mild — same slow-roast kapija, same oil-glossed finish...

Mama's Mild Ajvar — Macedonian family-recipe register. Mama's leans the home-kitchen voice — slow-roasted kapija pepper, oil-finished, the texture ...

Kostana Mild Ajvar — Serbian small-jar register. The starter-format mild Serbian ajvar — slow-roasted kapija pepper, oil-finished, calibrated for t...

Ask Homemade Mild Ajvar — Serbian village-recipe register. Ask's Homemade line keeps the hand-mashed chunky character — kapija pieces visible, slow...

Grandma's Recipe Mild Ajvar — Kosovo-Albanian family register. Grandma's Recipe carries the Kosovo-Albanian home-kitchen voice — slow-roasted kapij...

Ask Pindjur — the garlic-forward Serbian spread. Pindjur distinguishes itself by garlic — roasted kapija pepper, ripe tomato, garlic at the center,...

Roasted pepper spread on fresh bread is a breakfast and a supper that many families make in autumn. Zimnica Hot Ajvar is a roasted pepper spread wi...

In Athens tavernas tzatziki arrives cold beside warm pita before anything else reaches the table. Krinos Tzatziki is a yogurt and cucumber dip in a...

A tin of vegetable pate is a fixture on Balkan and Romanian pantry shelves, spread thick on bread for a quick lunch. This is a vegetable pate with ...

A jar of vegetable spread makes for an easy start to a Romanian breakfast table, spread thick on fresh bread. This is Mandy's Mediterranean vegetab...

Ajvar gets made in big batches every autumn when the red peppers come in, then spooned onto bread all winter as a taste of home. This is Marco Polo...

Zacuscă is what a Romanian family cans in October, in a yard full of blistered peppers and roasted eggplant, to be opened one jar at a time all win...

In Balkan households, green tomatoes left unripe at season's end are rarely wasted, instead preserved sweet-and-sour in jars for the winter pantry....