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Ravanija

Name: Ravanija
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: North Macedonia
Ingredients: 200g Semolina flour; 50g All-purpose flour; 5 Egg; 400g Sugar; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 50ml Sunflower oil; 500ml Water; 1 Lemon; To taste Walnuts

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 12

Difficulty ⭐

Semolina cake soaked in sweet syrup — a moist North Macedonian cake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ravanija is a semolina cake made widely across the Balkans; in North Macedonia it's often baked for celebrations and when guests visit. A light batter of eggs and semolina is baked and soaked while hot with cold lemon-scented syrup to make it moist. It's cut into squares and served with coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a North Macedonian living room, syrup-soaked squares of cake are laid out on a plate for guests, with small coffee cups alongside.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 12)

Semolina flour 200g
All-purpose flour 50g
Egg 5
Sugar 400g
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Sunflower oil 50ml
Water 500ml
Lemon 1
Walnuts To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Beat the eggs and 150g sugar until pale and thick.
Add the oil, then fold in the semolina, flour, and baking powder.
Pour into a pan and bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
Simmer the water, 250g sugar, and lemon slices for 10 minutes to make syrup and cool.
Cut the hot cake into squares, pour over the cold syrup to soak, and scatter with chopped walnuts.

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