List of Croatian dishes
Appearance
This is a list of dishes found in Croatian cuisine in alphabetical order. Croatian cuisine has developed through centuries, it is heterogeneous and known as a cuisine of the regions. Every region of Croatia has its own distinct culinary tradition.
Croatian dishes
[edit]Name | Image | Region | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Brudet | Dalmatia, Kvarner, Istria | A type of fish stew with spices, vegetables and red or white wine | |
Češnovka | ![]() |
Turopolje | A kind of spicy pork garlic sausage |
Črne čurke | ![]() |
Međimurje | Black pudding (blood pudding), first cooked or dried and finally baked |
Čvarci | ![]() |
Northern Croatia, Slavonia | A kind of pork cracklings |
Dalmatinska peka | ![]() |
Dalmatia | A dish made of meat, vegetables and/or potatoes, baked under curved metal lid |
Fiš paprikaš | ![]() |
Slavonia, Baranja | Spicy paprika-based thick fish soup prepared with carp or mixed river fish |
Fritaja | ![]() |
Istria | Eggs with asparagus, wild hops, herbs as fennel, mint, feverfew and chicory, tomatoes, young garlic sprouts, spices and small parts of old bread |
Fritule | ![]() |
Dalmatia, Kvarner, Istria | Sweet festive pastry flavoured with rum, made particularly for Christmas |
Fuži | ![]() |
Istria | A traditional Istrian pasta from the pasta dough rolled into a thin sheet, cut into strips three to four centimetres wide, placed over each other, then cooked and served with a mild red veal sauce |
Grahova pretepena juha | ![]() |
Međimurje, Northern Croatia | Type of traditional thick bean soup from Međimurje prepared with stirred flour mixed with milk and sour cream |
Hladnetina | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Pork jelly made from low-grade cuts of pig meat, such as trotters, that contain a significant proportion of connective tissue | |
Istrian stew | Istria | A stew made of beans, sour cabbage or sour turnip, potatoes, bacon and spare ribs | |
Janjetina s ražnja | Lika, Dalmatia, Istria | Lamb being roasted on a roasting spit, served with fried potato slices or so | |
Kotlovina | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Fried and stewed meat dish prepared and served outdoors, containing pork chops, sausages etc., stewed in their own juice, wine and various spices (onions, peppers, garlic etc.) | |
Kremšnita | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | A variety of sweet custard and chantilly cream cream cake dessert | |
Kroštule | ![]() |
Dalmatia, Istria | A traditional pastry made from fried sweet dough sprinkled with sugar |
Kulen | ![]() |
Slavonia | A type of flavored sausage made of minced pork |
Međimurska gibanica | ![]() |
Međimurje | Layer cake made of puff pastry and four fillings: nuts, fresh cheese, poppy seeds and apples |
Meso z tiblice | ![]() |
Međimurje | A dish prepared from high-quality parts of fresh pork meat (leg or loin), which are after processing stored in tiblica (lodrica), a large wood container of a special shape (truncated cone) in which the meat is preserved in previously prepared, cooled salted lard |
Pašticada | ![]() |
Dalmatia | braised beef dish cooked in a fragrant sweet and sour sauce from southern Croatia |
Pokladnice (krafne) | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Airy filled doughnuts, round and usually filled with jelly, marmalade, jam or chocolate as well as butter, nutella and cinnamon | |
Punjena paprika | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Stuffed pepper dish made of peppers stuffed with a mix of minced meat and rice, eggs, spices and salt in tomato sauce, served with mashed potatoes | |
Soparnik | ![]() |
Dalmatia | A savoury pie with a filling of chard |
Turoš | ![]() |
Međimurje | A type of cheese made from cattle's milk in cone-shaping chunks of cottage cheese, with the addition of salt and red paprika |
Zagorski štrukli | ![]() |
Hrvatsko Zagorje | A dish composed of dough and various types of filling (e.g. a mixture of cottage cheese with eggs, sour cream and salt) which can be either boiled or baked |
Žganci | Northern Croatia | A dish made from buckwheat flour, maize, wheat, or a combination of potato and wheat flour and water, cooking oil and salt |