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Kruskovaca

Kruškovača

Clear pear brandy, softly fruity, poured before or after a meal.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Distilled in Bosnian villages from windfall pears, the household alternative to plum rakija.

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What is Kruskovaca?

Kruskovaca is a wine & spirit from Bosnia and Herzegovina: clear pear brandy, softly fruity, poured before or after a meal. Distilled in Bosnian villages from windfall pears, the household alternative to plum rakija.

Made with

fruit

Cooked

distilled

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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