I found this recipe in a Croatian cookbook, and I think it’s a great one dish wonder. I cut my potatoes and carrots with a slicer to get the thickness consistent and I think I added too much water, the recipe says half the ingredients should be covered by water, but I’d say a quarter and then add as needed. You can replace the salmon … Continue reading Potatoes with salmon | Krumpir s lososom
Croatians love their liqueurs! Pre-meal as an aperitif (to stimulate the appetite and open the digestive system), post-meal as a digestiv (to aid in digesting the meal), first thing in the morning (to aid in ‘cleaning the body’) or really any time of the day (or night!) when people come over (to show off how much better and stronger your liqueur is than the one … Continue reading Honey Liqueur | Medica
Another one of those capital city dishes that are hearty and feature two types of pork – ah, Zagreb perfection! You’ll find this rolled pork dish in every Zagreb tavern and it’s lovely served with a crisp salad and glass of white. The plaits are easy to make and definitely easier if you use a schnitzel cut rather then the loin cut that you need … Continue reading Zagreb Plaits | Zagrebačke Pletenice
I’m sure you’ve seen that weird, knobbly vegetable sitting near the long lengths of crisp green celery and thought ‘What do you even do with that?’ Well, it’s celeriac (if you didn’t already know) and you could try to make this salad? This salad needs to be served cool, just like French Salad, but this one is a lot healthier. However, celeriac has the distinct … Continue reading Celeriac salad | Salata od Celerova Korijena
Teta (aunty) Gabrijela is a culinary genius from the northern Croatian city of Varaždin who married one of my dad’s best friends, Zvonko. So technically she is not really an aunty, but in Croatia every woman who is older than you is an Aunty, Teta. She would make this meatloaf whenever we visited and then my mum learnt how to make it (because it was … Continue reading Aunty Gabrijela’s Meatloaf | Mesna štruca od Tete Gabrijele
Here’s another one of those Croatian meat with fruit recipes…which I love!! You can use a whole duck for this and fill the duck cavity with apricots but this recipe is just so much easier! If you like apricots and aren’t sure about duck, try this recipe, I’m sure you’ll fall in love with this wonderful meat. Unfortunately, my duck did get a bit burnt, … Continue reading Duck with Apricots | Patka s Marelicama
This is the easiest recipe I’ve ever put on the blog, and the simple pickling liquid can be used on any other vegetable your heart desires to see in a glass jar. The most time consuming part is getting your glass jars sterilised. The easiest way is to put all your jars and lids into the dishwasher and then into a warm fan-forced oven until … Continue reading Canned Beetroot | Cikla u Staklenkama
This recipe originally comes from Croatia’s Hungarian neighbours, and is now a staple of Croatian cuisine. The key ingredient here is ground paprika (I think you guessed that in the name). With this recipe I only used sweet paprika, but you can mix it up and use one tablespoon of sweet and either smoked or hot paprika depending on your preference. I should have at … Continue reading Chicken & Mushroom Paprikaš | Pileći Paprikaš S Gljivama
Mulled wine is the drink that keeps those northern hemisphere winter parties, Christmas markets or any winter-inspired occasion fuelled and toasty. If there happens to be snow on the ground it’s even more delicious (can that be possible?) In Croatia during winter, you can sample either this aromatic red mulled wine or a white mulled wine. Yes! White mulled wine..I’ll try this another time. For … Continue reading Mulled (red) Wine | Kuhano Crno Vino
This variation on an ice cream cake tastes amazing. The roasted almonds and the Maraschino give it a warm, almost soothing flavour and it’s perfect for a dinner party where the dessert is made the day before so you can get on with other parts of the meal. The only thing I’d say is beware the mould you use and make sure you can get … Continue reading Mandulat | Mandulat Ice Cream Cake
Possibly the easiest sweet recipe ever! And kinda healthy with the almonds…don’t break a tooth and enjoy! Ingredients: ~ 50ml water ~ 120grams refined or caster sugar ~ One tablespoon of vanilla sugar (I used one packet) ~ A dash of cinnamon ~ 100grams whole almonds Method: In a frypan bring to boil water, caster sugar, vanilla sugar and cinnamon Add the almonds and cook … Continue reading Sugared Almonds | Ušećereni Bademi
Every time I make a Croatian fish or seafood dish it always feels like…this is the best one yet. And these heavenly calamari are in no way different. They are easy to make with a few key ingredients and you can choose your method of cooking ie. bbq grill or oven. If you can, go with the bbq, that charcoal grilling really adds to the … Continue reading Heavenly Calamari | Rajske Lignje
The Croatian Kitchen 