Eggplant sauce recipe

My mother’s friend, Aunt Valya, married a Bulgarian two years ago. And so, this summer, my mother and I were lucky to visit her in Burgas. We had a great rest in Sunny Beach, swam in the Black Sea, were inspired by the beauty of Nessebar.

We also ate some. national dishes of Bulgarian cuisineAnd not from local cafes, but homemade, cooked by Tsvetan, the husband of her mother’s friend. Most of all, I was fascinated by the Lutenica sauce. It's just something amazing! It can be eaten with a favorite dish and even as a spread on bread.

When my husband tasted the kebabs with this sauce, he said he'd never eaten anything better! Still, because with such a combination of ingredients as eggplant, red Bulgarian pepper, tomato and chili pepper, it could not be otherwise!





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And today's edition. "Site" He'll tell you how Prepare Bulgarian Lutenica sauce. Be sure to twist a few jars of this excellent sauce, and the summer flavors will please even in the cold season!





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Bulgarian sauce Ingredients
  • 0.5 kg eggplant
  • 1 kg of red Bulgarian pepper
  • 1 chili pepper
  • 0.5 kg of tomatoes
  • 2 teeth. Garlic
  • 45g sugar
  • 30g vegetable oil
  • green






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Preparation
  1. To "Lutenica" was tasty and fragrant, pepper, eggplant and tomatoes must be baked. Many recipes offer to boil vegetables, but with this method, the whole highlight of this snack is lost. You can bake vegetables in different ways. Of course, it is better to use open fire or heat from burning coals on the grill. However, the easiest way to bake vegetables in the oven for 15 minutes.





  2. Remove the skin from the vegetables, then grind them in a blender along with greens and chili peppers. You can also do this manually, then the consistency of the sauce will be thicker.



  3. Put the mass on the fire and boil until the volume is reduced by half.



  4. Add to the tomatoes other vegetables, chillies, salt and sugar. Vari, stirring constantly.



  5. The sauce will be ready when the liquid stops. You can check this if you put a little sauce on the plate: if there is no water, then you can take it off the stove.



  6. Add at the end of cooking butter, salt, pepper and crushed garlic.



  7. Put the boiling mass in the banks and leave to cool. If you want to make sauce for the winter, then the filled cans must be sterilized for 10 minutes, then hermetically rolled.





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"Lutenica" is also sauce and snack. Very tasty are simple sandwiches, if you spread a tablespoon of this sauce on a piece of fresh wheat bread.

Or prepare yourself a small lunch from fresh brynza, a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes, greens, adding “Lutenica” and hot fried peppers.

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