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Bakaren Gjum
Menu
Everything is cooked here, most of it slowly. The clay-pot dishes are ready from 13:00, and when they run out, they run out.
Posno: no meat, dairy or eggs. Fit for Orthodox fasting days, and for vegans.
Meze and salads
Shopska salad220 MKD
Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and onion under grated white cheese.
Shepherd’s salad260 MKD
Like shopska, with mushrooms, ham, egg and kashkaval.
Home-made ajvar with warm bread(posno)210 MKD
Roasted red peppers, slowly cooked down in our kitchen, with bread from the oven.
Pindžur(posno)190 MKD
Roasted peppers, aubergine and tomato, crushed with garlic.
Roasted peppers with garlic(posno)170 MKD
Peppers from the coals, dressed with oil, vinegar and garlic.
Cheese board340 MKD
White cheese from Galičnik, kashkaval and olives.
From the clay pot
Ready from 13:00
Tavče gravče(posno)290 MKD
Tetovo beans baked in a clay dish with onion, peppers and paprika. Four hours in the oven.
Village pot520 MKD
Pork and veal with mushrooms and peppers, baked in a lidded clay pot.
Stuffed peppers410 MKD
Dried red peppers filled with minced meat and rice, baked in tomato sauce.
Turli tava(posno)380 MKD
Summer vegetables baked together in one dish: okra, aubergine, courgette and potato.
Potato moussaka390 MKD
Layers of potato and minced meat under a crust of egg and yoghurt.
Fish
From farms and fishermen around the lake
Grilled trout690 MKD
A whole farmed trout from the grill, with lemon, olive oil and parsley potatoes.
Fried plašica420 MKD
Small fish from Lake Ohrid, fried crisp and eaten whole, with lemon.
Carp, Ohrid style640 MKD
Baked with onion, tomato and bay leaf, the way it was made on the lake shore.
Fish soup260 MKD
A clear soup of lake fish with carrot, celery and a little rice.
From the grill
Kebapči (ten)360 MKD
Ten minced-meat kebapči with onion and a warm flatbread.
Stuffed pljeskavica420 MKD
A large patty filled with kashkaval, with ajvar on the side.
Pork vešalica480 MKD
Pork loin from the grill, with roasted peppers.
Roast lamb950 MKD
Lamb roasted slowly in the wood-fired oven, with potatoes. Order a day ahead.
Sweets
Sutlijaš160 MKD
Rice cooked in milk, with cinnamon. Made every morning.
Walnut baklava190 MKD
Thin pastry, walnuts and syrup, from a tray in our oven.
Tulumbi150 MKD
Fried dough soaked in syrup.
Baked pumpkin with walnuts(posno)170 MKD
Autumn only: pumpkin baked with sugar and walnuts.
Drinks
Home-made grape rakija, 50 ml120 MKD
From our own vines in Velgošti.
Vranec, a glass180 MKD
A dry red from Tikveš.
Temjanika, a glass190 MKD
An aromatic dry white from Tikveš.
House wine, 1 litre jug900 MKD
Red or white, poured from a copper jug, which is where our name comes from.
Turkish coffee80 MKD
Brewed in a džezve, with a piece of lokum.
Mountain tea90 MKD
Tea from Šar Mountain, with a spoon of honey.
Prices are in Macedonian denars and include VAT. Tell us about allergies when you order and we will tell you what is in each dish.
