Smokvara

BiH recipes
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Smokvara is a traditional Herzegovinian dessert. It is prepared with fig jam, which gives it a special, irresistible taste.

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1 cup of oil
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1 cup of water
  • 2 cups of fig jam
  • ½ cup of corn flour
  • 1 baking powder
  • egg

Bay (agda)

  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 2 cups of water
  • 2 cups of fig jam

Preparation

Agda:

Boil sugar, water and jam. It should not be boiled too much. Leave to cool.

Dough:

Put oil, water, milk and jam in a pot to boil. Add corn flour with baking powder. Mix well to even out the mixture. Put the pan back on the hot stove and stir for a few minutes. Leave the dough to cool. Form palm-sized figs from the lukewarm dough, cut them with a knife and place them in a greased baking pan. In a hot oven at a temperature of 200 degrees. Put the figs to roast. After about 10 minutes, reduce the temperature to 150 degrees and bake for 15-20 minutes. Care should be taken to ensure that they are nicely baked, because the figs must not burn from below, nor be hard. Pour the cold sherbet over the roasted and hot figs.

Serving

Smokvara is served with a little orange/lemon which, when it releases its juice, together with fig jam.