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Shopska Salad

Also known as: Шопска салата

Bulgarian tomato-cucumber salad with raw red pepper, onion, parsley and crumbled sirene.

About Shopska Salad

Mira Lyubenova’s shopska salad belongs to the Bulgarian family repertoire she grew up eating. Her rendition combines tomatoes, cucumber, raw red pepper and onion beneath a layer of white brined sirene.

The vegetables give the salad its juicy, crisp texture. Salt, olive oil and optional vinegar form a light dressing, while parsley and the salty cheese provide a fresh, savoury contrast.

Crumbled sirene covers the chopped vegetables, with olives offered as a garnish. Rakia and crusty bread are suggested accompaniments to the salad’s tomato-rich juices.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Milk.

Optional additions: Wheat (gluten).

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Shopska Salad

Mira Lyubenova's family Bulgarian shopska salad with sirene.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual90 ripe tomato, specific heirloom/pink cultivar contextual65 not forced.
  • English cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual91 first English cucumber, broader cucumber candidate; no Persian alternative union.
  • Raw red pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual92/68 raw red pepper, exact cultivar unresolved despite offered Cubanelle preference/green/roasted branches; no unverified bell species forced.
  • Red onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main94 and optional bread106 share required main salt.
  • Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Vinegar (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual96 generic vinegar, method106 explicitly optional; exact type/product unknown.
  • Sirene cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual97 first sirene over feta replacement, actual55 white brined dairy cheese confirms Milk; cow/sheep animal choice not additional food union.
  • Parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Olives (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual99 explicitly optional, exact variety/preparation unknown.
  • Rakia fruit brandy (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual71 offered usual drink, optional product/fruit formula unresolved.
  • All-purpose wheat flour for bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Own105 AP flour confirms Wheat; offered bread71 parent optional, not generic bakery opacity.
  • Dry yeast for bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own107 normal dry yeast first long-rise recipe over rapid/instant57/131 alternative.
  • Water for bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own108 bread-only water, parent optional.
  • Extra flour for bread contact, cereal unspecified (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own109 extra-flour alternative selected over cornmeal, actual123 flour surface retained; generic separate contact formula not forced AP, parent optional.

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Sources & references
  1. Shopska Salad (Traditional Bulgarian Salad) - Mira Lyubenova, Cooking LSL