Embroidered peppers

Embroidered peppers

Macedonian embroidered peppers
Alternative names	Vezeni piperki
Course	Meze, side dish
Place of origin	North Macedonia
Main ingredients	Peppers

Embroidered peppers (Macedonian: Везени пиперки, romanized: Vezeni piperki or Macedonian: Нарезнени пиперки, romanized: Narezneni piperki), also known as engraved peppers, is a traditional Macedonian meze made of fresh, dried or condimented peppers of the Capsicum annuum species threaded on a string.^[1]

Peppers are a staple ingredient of Macedonian cuisine. Capsicum annuum of the Capsicum species exist in several different landraces in North Macedonia and in neighbouring Kosovo, Albania and Serbia. Embroidered Macedonian peppers have a specific fruit appearance, taste and use and there are several different landraces. There are approximately 789 pepper samples, 204 of which are embroidered peppers.^[1]

Fruits of peppers are threaded together on strings and left on balconies or in attics to be dried.^[1] They are also found in urban areas of the country or are sold in local green markets.^[1] Bukovec, or Bukov piper, is a spice made from roughly crushed red peppers.^[1]

• Balkan cuisine
• Eastern European cuisine

• Sandeva Atanasova, Nadica; Jankulovska, Mirjana; Ivanovska, Sonja (2021). "Genetic diversity of Macedonian embroidered pepper (Capsicum spp.) based on fruit morphological traits". ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1320 (1320): 33–40. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1320.4. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
• Sandeva Atanasova, Nadica; Jankulovska, Mirjana; Ivanovska, Sonja. "Variability of fruit traits in Macedonian embroidered pepper genotypes". Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment. 23 (1). Retrieved 30 April 2022.