Phyllo or homemade crust layered with kajmak, young cheese, and eggs. The PDF version explains how to stretch dough by hand.

: It was a pioneering effort to document traditional Serbian cuisine for a growing urban middle class in the 19th century .

A rare "non-savory" highlight. Two delicate walnut shortbread cookies sandwich a pečen džem (roasted apricot jam). The secret from the old book: Grate a raw potato into the dough to keep it crumbly for 3 weeks.

: Some partial scans and sections (such as pages 226-259) are available on Academic Repositories : Scholarly articles, such as those on Knjizenstvo

: With over 4,000 recipes, it covers everything from traditional Balkan to sophisticated French pastries and Viennese tortes. Where to Find the PDF