Tavče gravče

Tavče gravče

Typical Macedonian tavče gravče
Origin
Place of origin	Macedonia
Details
Course served	Main course
Main ingredient(s)	Beans

Tavče gravče (Macedonian: Тавче гравче) is a traditional Macedonian dish. It is prepared with fresh beans and it can be found in almost all restaurants in Macedonia and all over the Macedonian diaspora. It is served in traditional earthenware. Tavče gravče is considered the national dish of Macedonia.

Ingredients

Below are the ingredients for preparing the dish, but every cuisine uses other ingredients, too, and has its own method of preparation.

• butter beans
• onion
• oil
• dry red pepper
• red and black pepper, salt and parsley

Preparation

The beans are cleaned and then soaked in cold water for 3 hours to become soft. After that they are boiled in a pot. After first boiling, the water is thrown out and replaced with fresh water. Then the onion and the red pepper are added. Apart in a pan, an onion together with the black pepper are fried. When the beans are boiled, they are put in earthenware together with the onion and the red pepper and stirred well. Afterwards, a lid is put on the earthenware and the dish is cooked in an oven at 220 °C. During the baking, the beans are cooked carefully so that they do not become dry.

The earthenware does not just give a traditional look to the meal, but also keeps the beans warm.

The beans may be eaten with different kinds of meat.

Tavče gravče in the Tetovo style is widely known in Macedonia.

See also

• List of legume dishes
• Food portal

External links

• Tavče Gravče-Macedonian Style Baked Beans
• Tavče Gravče Recipe and photo
• Tavče Gravče Vegetarian Recipe & Photo