Pelagonia – The Macedonian Kitchen
Pelagonia The Macedonian Kitchen is a successful cooperative that produces an award-winning Macedonian food range from vegetables such as red peppers, courgettes, tomatoes or aubergines. With 300 days of sunshine and a fantastic agricultural heritage, Macedonia is a fertile country with great produce. The outstanding quality of the red peppers, which grow in the Pelagonia region, in the southwest of the Republic of North Macedonia, are particularly well known throughout the Balkans for their size and sweetness. Here, around 650 small farmers and their families grow excellent fruit and vegetables, which they deliver freshly harvested to the cooperative every day and which are then processed into delicious Aivar, Lutenica or Pindjur.
Pelagonia – Meze from Macedonia
Macedonia, or the Republic of North Macedonia as it is officially called, is a landlocked country on the southern Balkan Peninsula that declared its independence after the breakup of Yugoslavia. To the south, Macedonia borders Greece. The cuisine and food culture are accordingly rich and shaped by Greek, Ottoman and Slavic influences. This is also the origin of the "meze" culture, which means as much as culinary delight or small delicacy and describes a meal consisting of many small dishes served on many small plates or bowls. Meze are probably best comparable to Spanish tapas, even if they are often served as antipasti or starters in our country. Thus, Pelagonia, with its meze from Macedonia and its tasty preserved vegetables, brings the Balkan lifestyle to our table.
