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fiogf49gjkf0d TYPICAL MEALS ------------- BESIDE THE STANDARD EUROPEAN CUISINE PRESENT IN ALL RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, SPECIALITIES FROM THE GRILL AND THE ROASTING-SPIT (LAMB, PORK, POULTRY) ARE VERY POPULAR. SOME SPECIALITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS : THE DALMATIAN SMOKED HAM, SALTY PILCHARDS, SHEEP CHEESE, PEPPERED SLAVONIAN SAUSAGES, PAPRIKA-FLAVOURED SALAMI, ETC...
EXQUISITE HORS-D'OEUVRES ARE SEA-SHELLS (OYSTERS, MUSSELS, DATE-SHELLS) AS WELL AS SCAMPI, GRILLED OR "NA BUZARU" (COOKED AND FLAVOURED WITH A LOT OF AROMATIC SPICES). FISH MEALS, BRODET, THE FISH STEW (SEVERAL KINDS OF FISH SAUTED IN A TOMATO SAUCE WITH GARLIC & SPICES) IS VERY SAVOURY.IN THE CONTINENTAL REGION, THE PEPPERED FISH STEW WITH FRESH-WATER IS FAVOURED. SCAMPI, PRSTACI (SHELLFISH).
FROM MEAT SPECIALITIES, WE POINT OUT THE FOLLOWING : THE DALMATIAN "PASTICADA" (BEEF STUFFED WITH LARD AND ROASTED IN WINE AND SPICES), THE STEAK A LA ZAGREB (VEAL STUFFED WITH HAM AND CHEESE, THEN FRIED IN BREADCRUMBS), THE CUTLET A LA ZAGORJE (WITH SAUSAGES, SAUERKRAUT AND BOILED POTATOES), THE VEAL EASTER EGG (IN PIQUANT TOMATO SAUCE WITH MUSHROOMS), TURKEY WITH "MLINCI" (THINLY ROLLED OUT PASTA), THE COUNTRY DINNER (STUFFED CABBAGE LEAVES, SAUSAGES, ROASTED PORK AND LARD IN SAUERKRAUT).
IN NORTHERN CROATIA, VENISON IS REGULARLY PREPARED A LA HUNTER'S OR IN CREAM SAUCE, WHEREAS IN DALMATIA IT IS ROASTED OR SAUTEED IN A SAUCE OF VINEGAR, OLIVE OIL, WINE, PROSECCO AND PRUNES WITH ROSEMARY. TYPICAL DRINKS ---------------- BESIDE FOREIGN ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, YOU MAY TASTE THE DOMESTIC BRANDIES : PLUM-BRANDY, HERB-FLAVOURED BRANDY AND WALNUT BRANDY. FURTHER, THERE ARE MANY SORTS OF WINE, BUT KING OF ALL WINES IS DINGAC, (15-16% OF ALCOHOL), A THICK RED WINE FROM THE PENINSULA OF PELJESAC. THEN THERE IS THE KORCULANSKI GRK (14-15% OF ALCOHOL). A SERIES OF OTHER THICK RED WINES SHOULD ALSO BE MENTIONED : THE VISKO, HVARSKO, KASTELANSKO AND THE ISTARSKO "VINO". IN THE NORTHERN COUNTRY PARTS THE ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF THE WINES DROPS, BUT THE ACID CONTENT GROWS. PREDOMINANTLY WHITE WINES WITH PLEASANT FLAVOUR, LIGHT AND SWEET TASTE ARE BREWED HERE. AMONG THESE, WE WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THE FOLLOWING :GRASEVINA, RIZLING, TRAMINAC, PINOT, SOVIGNON, PLJESIVICA, ETC...
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