Kroštule are golden-yellow sweet snacks that people prepare from simple ingredients always present in their kitchens. The simple dough made from eggs, flour, sugar, the grated peel of local lemons or oranges and butter is then rolled into layers which is then cut into strips. Before being fried kroštule...
Pork thick neck is commonly known as zarebnjak, ombolo or žlomprt. The meat is separated from the bone in one piece and rubbed with salt, ground pepper and finely crumbled laurel leaves before being left to dry for two to three weeks. It is served in thin slices as...
It is believed that Rab cake was served for the first time in 1177 to the Pope Alexander III on the occasion of the blessing of the Rab Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, while it is certain that the Rapska torta (Rab cake) was made as a specialty...
While sarma is most often eaten in late fall and early winter, stuffed peppers are eaten in summer, when they are often served for family dinners throughout Croatia. Although we often avoid preparing cooked meals during the hot summer months, in order to avoid heating up our homes, every...
Large pans with wide rims, sometimes as much as 2 m in diameter, are placed on specially designed stoves – usually cleverly adapted metal barrels. In Zagorje, Prigorje, Zagreb, but above all in Samobor, these kitchen contraptions, which go by the name of kotlovina, as does the dish prepared...
Pašticada is a dish popular in Croatia, especially in Dalmatia from where it originates. The meal requires careful preparation as the meat is stuffed with garlic, cloves, carrot and bacon, and marinated in wine vinegar overnight. Pašticada is prepared from beef or yearling beef and old recipes insist that...
Brudet, brujet, brodet or, if you will, brodetto, is the most common dish on the Croatian Adriatic, but it is especially loved throughout Dalmatia. In the Zadar, Šibenik and Split clusters culinary skills are measured against one’s ability to excel in the preparation of brudet. The magic of a...
Sarma is definitely one of the favorite dishes in Croatia and many other countries. Perfect cabbage rolls stuffed with minced meat and rice are a dish you must try once in a lifetime. It`s not the easiest dish to prepare, but believe us – you won`t regret it. This...
Financially accessible and simple local ingredients and the nimble Zagorje hands which for centuries have been rolling out soft dough and turning Zagorski štrukli (typical pastry of Zagorje) into an excellent appetiser, a filling addition to soups, a tasty main meal, a fast snack or sweet dessert which is...
Kroštule are golden-yellow sweet snacks that people prepare from simple ingredients always present in their kitchens. The simple dough made from eggs, flour, sugar, the grated peel of local lemons or oranges and butter is then rolled into layers which is then cut into strips. Before being fried kroštule...
