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A crepulja is a shallow clay container with a little hole in the middle. The container diameter is between 25 - 60 cm, the height of the pan 7 – 13 cm, and the walls thickness 3 - 5 cm. The clay is treaded by stepping over the mud, mixed with raw horse dung, goat hairs, oat straw or chaff. The container is modelled by hand. The finished pan is burnished using wet hands or coated with rarified
mud. This could also be done with watered dung. Drying happens in the open for several months, finally the container is fired by placing it over the fire with the inner surface towards the fire.Traditional technology and its variations applied in making bread baking pans in the Stara Planina MT. (Serbia). Biljana Djordjevi ć, National Museum in Belgrade. Dragoljub Zlatkovi ć, Pirot . 2011
Traditional pottery making, from the ethnoarchaelogical point of view. Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage. National Museum in Belgrade (Serbia) June 2011
/ref> It is put on fire until well heated, then lifted with a hook, and
A crepulja is a shallow clay container with a little hole in the middle. The container diameter is between 25 - 60 cm, the height of the pan 7 – 13 cm, and the walls thickness 3 - 5 cm. The clay is treaded by stepping over the mud, mixed with raw horse dung, goat hairs, oat straw or chaff. The container is modelled by hand. The finished pan is burnished using wet hands or coated with rarified
mud. This could also be done with watered dung. Drying happens in the open for several months, finally the container is fired by placing it over the fire with the inner surface towards the fire.Traditional technology and its variations applied in making bread baking pans in the Stara Planina MT. (Serbia). Biljana Djordjevi ć, National Museum in Belgrade. Dragoljub Zlatkovi ć, Pirot . 2011Traditional pottery making, from the ethnoarchaelogical point of view. Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage. National Museum in Belgrade (Serbia) June 2011
/ref> It is put on fire until well heated, then lifted with a hook, and
dough
Dough is a malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from flour (which itself is made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops). Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes ...
is put into it and covered with a sač
A Sač ( cyrl, Сач; ) is a large metal or ceramic lid like a shallow bell with which bread dough or various dishes to be baked are covered, and over which ashes and live coals are placed. Dishes prepared in a ''sač'' are evenly cooked, retai ...
. The sač is covered with ashes and live coals. In that way the bread
Bread is a baked food product made from water, flour, and often yeast. It is a staple food across the world, particularly in Europe and the Middle East. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cu ...
is baked on both sides: on the lower side from the heated crepulja and on top from live coals.
See also
*List of cooking vessels
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