This super tasty spice can transform whichever dish! It upgrades not only the taste of a dish but also the way it looks, cause it adds this red tone to your food.
You can find the sweet and the chili version of it. Most of the times though it is the spicy one, that is being used.
It contains red chili peppers not only dried and but also crushed.This is what gives you the beautiful flakes.
The seeds are also included.
Bukovo is quite spicy but the hot feeling is not persistent and goes away quite fast.
It is widely used in the Balkans and it is quite a basic ingredient in the north greek cuisine.
Trahanas with butter – traditional Greek soup – ideal for cold days
Ingredients 1 onion in small pieces 2,5 espresso cups thahanas (sour or sweet, we prefer sour in this recipe) 4 times water of the volume of trahanas, so 10 espresso cups good butter and freshly grounded pepper for serving red chilli pepper flakes (we call it bukovo in Greek) for serving Steps Cook the onionā¦
Bibliography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crushed_red_pepper
- https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%BF_(%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C)
- https://www.piperi-evripidou.gr/en/spices-spices.html?product=416
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