Lyutenitsa appears as a signature dish in 1 Bulgaria cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Lyutenitsa · Plovdiv
Lyutenitsa is the Bulgarian roasted pepper, tomato and aubergine spread. Sweet, smoky, slightly spicy, eaten on bread with sirene or alongside grills.
Lyutenitsa is the late-September Bulgarian preserve. Families roast bell peppers and aubergines over wood fires, peel them by hand, then cook the flesh with tomato into a thick spread put up in jars for winter. The Plovdiv plain is one of Bulgaria's largest pepper-growing regions, and the autumn roasting fills the city's neighbourhoods with sweet smoke.
Where to eat in Plovdiv:
- Stariyat Plovdiv
- Restaurant Alafrangite
- Pavaj
- Aylyakria