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Many Serbian restaurants offer a wide selection of spirits made in their cellars. Serbs are well known for their plum brandy, шљивовица-šljivovica (scglìvoviza), brandy, лозовача-lozovača (lòsovacia), pears, виљамовка-viljamovka (vìgliamovka), apples, јабуковача-jabukovača (iàbukovacia), herbal schnapps, траварица-travarica (tràvariza), quince, дуњевача-dunjevača (dùgnevacia), apricot, кајсијевача-kajsijevača (kàisievacia) and many others. There are also many excellent wines such as Merlot, Sauvignon, Cabernet, Morava, Tamjanika (Tamiànica), Regent, etc., made by local wineries. Serbian specialties are mostly BBQ meat such as mixed meat consisting of ribs, skewers, cold cuts, hamburgers and the famous ćevapi-cievapi (meatballs in flat bread) and кајмак-kajmak (kàimak), a creamy cheese famous in Serbia. The steak from Карађорђе-Karadjordje (Kàragiorgie) of veal is delicious. Winter dish is the famous сарма-sàrma (meat rolls in cabbage leaf), or meat-filled peppers, boiled shank cooked with spices, beans with pork ribs, ђувеч-djuveč (giùveci) or pork with baked vegetables, fish soup, fried fish, ajvar (aìvar), the very famous pepper sauce, pita (pitta) which is puff pastry filled with cheese (famous гибаница-gibanica-ghibàniza), pitta with meat (бурек-burek), pitta with vegetables (зељаница-zeljanica – segliàniza), or pitta with apples (јабуковача-jabukovača -iàbukovacia). Туршија – Turšija (tùrscia) is a salad and is a mixture of sour vegetables. Баклава-Baklàva is a cake made with nuts in the puff pastry. And to digest, it can be followed with a nice шприцер-špricer (shprizer) made of white wine and soda. In almost all restaurants there are also Italian dishes that are very popular in Serbia.