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Popara

Sweet dish made with old bread

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Popara (Cyrillic: попара, Greek: παπάρα, papara, Turkish: papara) is a dish made with bread. Typically the bread should be old, stale and have a thick crust. It is soaked in either hot tea, milk or water. Sugar, honey, butter, and cheese are often added. It is mostly made in Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Turkey, Croatia and Montenegro.

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