Gibanica is a traditional pastry dish popular across the Balkans, usually made with cottage cheese and eggs, with recipes ranging from sweet to savory and from simple preparations to elaborate multi-layered cakes. It is a type of layered strudel combining Turkish and Austrian influences found across the cuisines of the former Yugoslavia, mentioned in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's Serbian Dictionary in 1818 and described by a Slovenian priest in 1828 as a special cake served at weddings and to workers finishing a big project, with versions found today in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Romania.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountThis is the year of the earliest documented written mention (Vuk Karadzics Serbian Dictionary), not a proven invention date; per the DataBrief Salt precedent an unfixable true origin date is not invented, so this is recorded as first-documented-mention only. Classification
Dietary SuitabilitySourced to the subject's own account Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountThe Balkans (popular across Serbia and the former Yugoslavia) 1 FAQs
What are some regional versions of gibanica?
Prekmurska gibanica in Slovenia is a festive multi-layered dessert cake; Međimurska gibanica in Croatia is a simpler four-layer version.
Wikipedia lists several. Prekmurska gibanica is a multi-layered cake from Prekmurje in Slovenia, served as a dessert course on festive occasions. Međimurska gibanica, from the neighbouring Međimurje region of Croatia, is described as a closely related but simpler and less formal dish with four layers of fillings: fresh cheese (quark), poppyseed, apple and walnut.
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WikipediaLead section, paragraph 1
is a traditional pastry dish popular all over the Balkans.
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The pastry was mentioned in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's Serbian Dictionary in 1818
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibanica (dietary-suitability)
It is usually made with cottage cheese and eggs.
- Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox main_ingredient field: Phyllo dough, white cheese (feta, sirene), eggs
- Uses Ingredient: Feta, Infobox main_ingredient field: Phyllo dough, white cheese (feta, sirene), eggs
Expresses Tradition: Wedding Feast Traditions, Lead section
The pastry was mentioned in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's Serbian Dictionary in 1818 and by a Slovenian priest Jožef Kosič in 1828, where it was described as a special Slovenian cake which is "a must at wedding festivities and is also served to workers after finishing a big project".
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