Sač

Sač (Cyrillic: Сач; Croatian: Peka) 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, retain their juiciness, and are praised for their rich flavour.

Today, the baking appliance is commonly used by restaurants all over Turkey[dubious – discuss] and the Balkan Peninsula –Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (where it is called "peka"), Greece (where it is called "Παραδοσιακή Γάστρα", "Σινί" or "Χάνι"), Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia.

In Bulgaria, the word сач (sach) or сачѐ (sachè) refers to a flat clay plate, which is heated to a high temperature, and placed on the table, where thin slices of vegetables and meat are cooked on it.

In some regions of Romania, the equivalent of sač, called țest [ro], a derivate of the Latin testum, was used for baking bread.