page_title: Bulgarian cuisine
section_title: Sweets
hierarchical_section_title: Bulgarian cuisine / Traditional Bulgarian foods / Sweets
caption_attribution_description: Pistachio Tahini Halva, User:Sjschen, self-created العربية: حلاوة طحينية مزينة بالفستق - حلويات - سوريا.
context_page_description: Bulgarian cuisine is a representative of the Mediterranean cuisine of Southeast Europe. It shares characteristics with other Balkan cuisines. Bulgarian cooking traditions are diverse because of geographical factors such as climatic conditions suitable for a variety of vegetables, herbs and fruit. Aside from the vast variety of local Bulgarian dishes.
  Bulgarian food often incorporates salads as appetizers and is also noted for the prominence of dairy products, wines and other alcoholic drinks such as rakia. The cuisine also features a variety of soups, such as the cold soup tarator, and pastries, such as the filo dough based banitsa, pita and the various types of börek.
  Main courses are very typically water-based stews, either vegetarian or with lamb, goat meat, veal, chicken or pork. Deep-frying is not common, but grilling - especially different kinds of sausages - is very prominent. Pork is common, often mixed with veal or lamb, although fish and chicken are also widely used. While most cattle are bred for milk production rather than meat, veal is popular for grilling meat appetizers and in some main courses.
context_section_description: The name Halva (халва) is used for several related varieties of the Middle Eastern dessert. Tahan/Tahini halva (тахан/тахини халва) is the most popular version, available in two different types with sunflower and with sesame seed. Traditionally, the regions of Yablanitsa and Haskovo are famous manufacturers of halva.
  Pumpkin Dessert (Печена тиква)
  Baklava
  Buhti with yogurt
  Tolumbi (толумби) - Fried schuh pastry cakes soakes in syrup which is usually made with honey
  Cookies "Peach" or Praskovki
  Fruit bread
  Garash cake ("Torta Garash")
  Katmi with jam or honey or cheese (Today usually with added chocolate)
  Kazanlak Donuts
  Kazanlak Korabii (Казанлъшки курабии) - Scone like pastry that is egg washed and sprinkled with sugar
  Keks - similar to marble cake
  Kompot
  Kozunak
  Kurabiiki
  Lokum
  Maslenki
  Milk with Rice
  Oshav
  Tart with cherries or sour cherries (Traditionally from Bobov dol)
  Tart with different fruits
  Tatlii
  Tikvenik
  Tulumbichki
caption: A tahini-based halva with pistachios
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