Boya? Boia? Boy-I need your help
Hello everyone! I hope you all had great long holiday weekends filled with lots of family, fun and FOOD.
I spent my holiday weekend visiting family but not exactly celebrating Thanksgiving (since we already had, remember?). Instead I ate lots of salmon, Indian food, and a very interesting food that I cannot, for the life of me, find a recipe for.
Before my troubles, I was hoping to provide you with a post filled with pictures and a recreation of this fantastic appetizer, but instead, I am beckoning for help.
So, please help me. Here’s what I know:
It was a sort of flatbread made from soaking leftover bread in water, drying it out, and roasting it with olive oil and spices. It was crispy and very flavorful.
The host who had us over believes it is a Russian dish, called Boya. But, when I look up boya anywhere (yes, I tried all sorts of spellings and googling every key word possible) or ask people - no one has any clue what I’m talking about!
I even tried to enlist the help of foodie forums like this one but alas, no help there (yet).
-Hillary, hoping someone answers!
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Dear Hillary,
Posted by Denise Serbin at December 3rd, 2007, 7:12 amI believe the bread that you are referring to is of Hungarian origin. We have a wonderful Hungarian restaurant here in Pittsburgh, PA called “Josza’s that serves this very bread! I agree that it is spectacular–never had anything else like it! My husband lived and worked in Moscow for three years and is fluent in the language and he confirmed that it is not a Russian dish. I would recommend calling Josza himself, as he is the chef and is quite gregarious and very talkative! Their number is 412-422-1886.
Tell him a dining fan of his passed this along to you. If this fails, I have a friend whose mother was born and raised in Hungary, she might know the recipe.
Happy hunting!! Denise Serbin
I too would like to try this bread. XAN
Posted by XAN SPANOPOULOS at December 3rd, 2007, 3:25 pmDenise - Thank you, thank you! That sounds more promising than anything else I have come across.
Xan - Me too! I’ll update this post if I come to definite closure.
Posted by Hillary at December 4th, 2007, 12:07 pm