Once again, the Supper Club is meeting to serve a Serbian Posno Dinner, (Posno means fasting). That’s the theme of today’s meal. If one follows tradition, a posno meal in Serbia is mostly vegan cuisine. It is eaten during Orthodox fasting periods such as Lent, Fasting Fridays, around Christmas, and other Orthodox fast days. It excludes meat, dairy, and eggs. However, fish and seafood are allowed.
So, let’s see what the Supper Club members serve up for this delightful European meal.
Serbian Posno Menu
TRIO OF APPETIZERS
To begin things, the Supper Club starts out the meal with three different appetizers. Let’s see, we have traditional guacamole dip with chips, black bean and tomato salsa, and olive tapenade served homemade naan bread. Because the naan bread is cut into small sizes, it is easier to serve.
In looking at this photograph, small appetizer plates on the tray, allow the Supper Club members to serve themselves some of the tasty offerings.
SOUP OF THE DAY
Today’s soup is white bean and spinach soup in a rich broth. The carrots add a nice visual pop of orange to the soup.
VEGAN CEASAR SALAD
In true posno fashion, this Ceasar salad is a vegan offering.
However, to get rid of some of the carbs, the salad doesn’t contain breaded croutons. Instead, toasted chickpeas add a crunchy bite to the salad. In keeping vegan, the salad dressing contains creamy ground cashews and garlic.
MUSHROOMS AND RICE SIDE DISH
This rice side dish contains three types of mushrooms – cremini, shiitake, and button mushrooms. Then, soy sauce, chili flakes, green onion, and peas flavor the dish.
MAIN DISH – DJUVEC WITH SHRIMP
The main dish is one type of Djuvec; a diverse Serbian rice casserole of vegetables. Shrimp adds some protein to the recipe. In following our online research, the Djuvec meal was brought to the Serbs during the Ottoman occupation.
Serving the main meal in this beautiful Italian oval serving dish keeps the tone of the upscale meal. A gold tone tablecloth covers table.
A Sweet Ending to the Serbian Posno Meal
WHO WANTS DESSERT? – BROWNIE PUDDING
Since everyone likes chocolate, a brownie pudding dessert ends the meal. For those wanting to try to make this dessert at home, the recipe comes out of a Better Homes and Garden cookbook.
Using Soy milk in place of regular milk keeps things vegan. A vodka infused non-dairy whipped cream covers the top of the brownie.
Ending Comments
Also of note, the parting gift to each member from the hostess, is a can of Vegeta. According to our hostess, Vegeta is a wonderful seasoning of salt and dehydrated vegetables used in soups, stews, meat and vegetables.
In ending, a big shout out to the wonderful group of individuals who frequently get together to make tasty meals and forge new memories.
One last comment, there is no better feeling than enjoying a meal with good friends who really know how to cook and serve up a great dish.
As always, a Thank You to C., one of the Supper Club members, for the great photographs and the idea for today’s blog.
A Second Thank You to the Supper Club Members who allow Farmhouse Magic Blog to follow them along on their Great Adventures in Gourmet Cooking!
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