Sarma
Sour cabbage, minced meat, a winter scent.
The queen of the Serbian table. Best the next day, reheated — and most beautiful when its smell arrives in the house before it does.
Recipe & storyeatSerbian is Serbia's first gastrodiplomacy initiative — promoting Serbian food, recipes, local producers and the people behind the pots. Sarma, beans, wedding cabbage, goulash, paprikash — dishes that tell stories.
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Sour cabbage, minced meat, a winter scent.
The queen of the Serbian table. Best the next day, reheated — and most beautiful when its smell arrives in the house before it does.
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