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Snezhanka

Name: Snezhanka
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bulgaria
Ingredients: 500g Plain yogurt; 2 Cucumber; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 pack Dill; 30g Walnuts; 1 tbsp Sunflower oil; 1/2 tsp Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Thick strained yogurt mixed with cucumber and garlic — a Bulgarian salad named 'Snow White.'

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Snezhanka, meaning 'Snow White,' is a Bulgarian salad made with strained yogurt. Its ingredients are nearly the same as tarator's, but the yogurt is drained thick and eaten as a salad rather than a soup. It's named for its pure white appearance. It's eaten with bread or as a side for meat dishes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a mehana (traditional tavern) in Sofia, small plates of snow-white snezhanka arrive with bread as glasses of rakia are raised.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plain yogurt 500g
Cucumber 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Dill 1 pack
Walnuts 30g
Sunflower oil 1 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Line a sieve with paper towels, add the yogurt, and drain in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
Finely dice the cucumber, salt, let stand 10 minutes, and squeeze out the liquid.
Mix the cucumber, grated garlic, and chopped dill into the strained yogurt.
Season with salt.
Mound on a plate.
Scatter with chopped walnuts and drizzle with sunflower oil.

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