page_title: Serbian culture
section_title: Cuisine
hierarchical_section_title: Serbian culture / Cuisine
caption_attribution_description: English: Rolled pie (or rolled burek) is traditionally a meal in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. It is made of thin pie crusts made from dough, in which the filling are cheese, mushrooms, meat etc. (in a salty variant) or different fruit (in a sweet variant). In Central Serbia, a tiny variant is made before Christmas. For that occasion rice and nuts are used as pie filling. It can also be used as salty and sweet, but according to how the filling is prepared. The rolled pie serves as an appetizer or "meze" at various celebrations, but often also as a daily dish.Српски (ћирилица)‎: Пита "савијача", традиционално је јело у Србији, Босни и Херцеговини и Црној Гори. Прави се од танких кора, направљених од теста, у које се умотава сир, месо печурке и сл. (у сланој варијанти) или различито воће (у слаткој варијанти). У Централној Србији се прави и посна, пред Божић, када се као фил користе пиринач и ораси, ба се може служити и као слана и као слатка, већ према томе како се фил припреми. Пита "савијача" служи се као предјело или "мезе" на разним слављима, али често и као свакодневно јело.
context_page_description: Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia and of ethnic Serbs.
  The Byzantine Empire had a great influence on the culture; Serbs were initially governing the Byzantine and Frankish frontiers in the name of the emperors and were later through their sworn alliance given independence, baptized by Greek missionaries and adopted the Cyrillic script, with Latin and Catholic influences in the southern regions. The Serbian Orthodox Church gained autocephaly from Constantinople in 1219, whereas Stefan the First Crowned was declared king by the Pope. The Republic of Venice influenced the maritime regions in the Middle Ages. The Ottoman Empire conquered Serbia in 1459 and ruled the territory for several centuries, the consequences of which suppressed Serbian culture but also greatly influenced Serbian Art, especially in the southern regions. Meanwhile, in northern regions Habsburg Monarchy expanded into modern Serbian territory starting from the end of the 17th century, culturally bounding this part of the nation to Central Europe rather than Balkans.
context_section_description: Most people in Serbia will have three meals daily, breakfast, lunch and dinner, with lunch being the largest and most important meal. However, traditionally, only lunch and dinner existed, with breakfast being introduced in the second half of the 19th century.
caption: Rolled pie (or rolled burek) served with the national drink Rakia[2]
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