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  • Negroni & Negroski

    Negroni & Negroski

    Negroni (and it's variation Negroski) are one of the classic cocktails, made with Campari bitter.

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  • Lemon balm and mint syrup

    Lemon balm and mint syrup

    There’s a kind of tradition of making homemade syrups in this part of the world. Most usual is sour-cherry syrup, but you can also find strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry and even elderberry-flower syrups on basement shelves in many homes in Serbia. On the other hand, I’ve read a lot about mint syrup and how its [...]

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  • Višnjevača – Traditional homemade sour-cherry liqueur

    Višnjevača – Traditional homemade sour-cherry liqueur

    As far back as my memory reaches, sour-cherry liqueur (called višnjevača because sour cherry = višnja in Serbian) was made in my family. And not just in my family, but in many other families. It is a kind of a traditional liqueur here in Serbia. It is not strange, since sour cherries are pretty common [...]

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  • Mulled wine (recipe)

    Mulled wine (recipe)

    Christmas time has passed, but it’s still winter, days are still cold… So why shouldn’t we warm ourselves? My friend and I were talking about making mulled wine a few months ago… Winter was approaching and we needed something warm to drink. It’s not too nice to drink chilled beer on a cold winter night, [...]

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