Popara is the old Bulgarian breakfast of stale bread soaked in hot milk or sweet mountain tea, stirred with butter and crumbled sirene. Day-old bread is the point — fresh bread turns to paste instead of holding its pieces.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 200 g stale white bread, torn into chunks
- 400 ml milk, or sweetened mountain tea
- 100 g sirene, crumbled
- 30 g butter
- 1 tsp sugar, optional
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1243 kcal · P 31.9g · C 122.2g · F 43.9g
Estimated from 5 of 5 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Tear the stale bread into bite-sized chunks, crust and all, and divide between two deep bowls.
- 2Heat the milk (or the tea) until steaming and just starting to bubble at the edge.
- 3Pour the hot milk over the bread and press the pieces down with a spoon so they all soak.
- 4Leave for 1–2 minutes, until the bread is soft but still in pieces.
- 5Add the butter in small pieces and stir gently so it melts into the milk.
- 6Scatter the crumbled sirene on top, add the sugar if you like it sweet-and-salty, and eat straight away with a spoon.
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Questions and answers
How long does Popara take to make?
About 10 minutes: 5 min prep and 5 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Popara?
5 ingredients: stale white bread, milk, sirene, butter, sugar.
How many servings does this Popara recipe make?
2 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Popara?
About 622 kcal, with 15.9 g protein, 61.1 g carbohydrate and 22 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Popara recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Popara?
Popara comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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