In the vicinity of Kaynardzha you can find wonderful Dobroudja food, prepared according to old recipes as is the case of cooked meat with vegetables. For dessert, Dobrudja Pie “Plaquetta” with honey. Wine from “Kaynardja’s Wine Cellar” must be added to the food.
Ritual of the Toasted Bread is a traditional welcome ceremony for guests or to celebrate holidays in family. On several occasions figures related to the holiday on which is dedicated are drawn on the top of the cake expressing fertility, figurines of domestic animals or rich knitwear devoted to love. It is made with cheese or sweet and it is served with salt or honey by young girls dressed in traditional costumes.
Local production of “Cabernet Sauvignon”, as well as various dessert light wines from Kaynardja’s Winery. The winery offers the wine “Kaynardja – 1774” dedicated to the peace treaty. The wine has three different flavors and composition – white, rosé and red dry wine. There’s also the wine “Emperor 1774” dedicated to Ekaterina The Great. These wines are made with Cabernet Sauvignon variety grown on the territory of Kaynardzha Municipality. The cellar also offers other types of wine – mainly table wines.
Banitsa with thin peel and rich water. This dish is traditional in Dobrudzha Region – very typical in every village and it is called by different names – “Plaquetta” or “Milina”. Our grandparents made it in the furnace but in the modern conditions it becomes very delicious, especially sprinkled with honey or fruit jam.
Meal of corn flour. Nowadays this dish is a rarely cooked delicacy but in the past people ate it to eat it before the wheat harvest. There are variants with cheese and boiled eggs or with fresh milk and honey. It has an interesting and mysterious aspect but a very pleasant flavor.
Prepared in ceramic pot meat, steamed with vegetables in a furnace. Very often, for the holidays in Kaynardja, meat is prepared with vegetables in ceramic pots baked in a furnace. Chicken with garden vegetables, rabbit carrots and potatoes or lamb meat with rice and wheat. Go for a slow fire about 4-5 hours and become very appetizing. Many of the restaurants near Kaynardja offer these dishes.