Old Town Tavern · Clay Pot Stew
Kavarma в Гювеч (Clay Pot Kavarma)
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The name comes from the Turkish kavurma, meaning roasted or fried meat, though the Bulgarian version is usually slow-baked in a gyuvech, the glazed clay pot it is served in.
Pork, onions, peppers, and mushrooms are slow-cooked in an individual clay pot until the meat falls apart, then served bubbling straight from the oven. Veliko Tarnovo's old-town taverns, built into the hillside below the medieval fortress, are known for it.
Why it's made this way: Clay-pot stews are cooked all over Bulgaria, and kavarma baked in an individual gyuvech is a staple of the mehana (tavern) menus in Veliko Tarnovo's old town.
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