Korovai

Karavai, Kravai (Bulgarian) (Polish) (Romanian) (...)

wheat flour

Korovai is a traditional Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian and Polish bread.The bread has ancient origins and comes from the pagan belief in the magical properties of grain. Korovai was a large round braided bread, traditionally baked from wheat flour and decorated with symbolic flags and figurines, such as suns, moons, birds, animals, and pine cones.Wheat stalks, herbs, nuts, flowers and fruit were used to embellish the korovai. The bread has no set design, and the style and ornamentation of the …

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Created March 18, 2017 by: anika854


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