Dolce Vita in Croatia
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Indulge Yourself!
Blessed with a sweet tooth? Then Croatia is the place for you. First of all get familiar with the basics - some keywords which help you orientate in the temple of Croatian sweets: the slasticarna. This is the Croatian word for confectionery but you will find delicious pastries and cakes in the pekara or pekarnica (bakery) or caffe bar / kavana, too.
Photo: This cake is called Frodo and is made in the famous Zagreb confectionary, Ivica i Marica.
Photo: This cake is called Frodo and is made in the famous Zagreb confectionary, Ivica i Marica.
Icebergs in Zadar
Summer and ice-cream go hand in hand and there is nothing better than strolling down the sea promenade in Zadar or sitting on the cathedral steps in Sibenik licking some well-chosen scoops. Ice-cream is called sladoled (means 'sugary ice') in Croatian and most ice-cream parlor boasts a large number of flavors.
Table of Sweet Contents
Popular ice-cream flavors in Croatia
vanilija vanilla
cokolada chocolate
jagoda strawberry
kokos coconut
punc punch
limun lemon
ljesnjak hazelnut
malina raspberry
Another Jaw-dropping View in Zadar
Scoop it up
In Croatia ice-cream is usually scooped up with a spatula or scoop and is served in cones or in a sundae glass. An average scoop (kuglica) weighs 30-50 grams and costs 5-10 Kn (1-1,9 USD).
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Cakes, Pastries, Doughnuts
There are endless opportunities in Croatian cities to taste local delicacies which include home-made pastries, the classical kremsnita or a divine fruit salad (vocni kup). Kolac is the collective term for various cakes and pastries, while kolacici (small cakes) means cookies. Torta may consist of several layers enriched with various buttercreams, fruits or chocolate while strukli is a layered pastry filled with apple or curd cheese. Doughnut is called krafna or ustipak (in the north). It is made without a hole, filled with jam or chocolate and mostly served with powered sugar. The little festive doughnuts flavored with brandy are called fritule. The Croatian for pancake is palacinka. It is thin and traditionally filled with apricot or strawberry jam. Orahnjaca and makovnjaca are traditional rolled pastries with walnut or poppy-seed. 
The cathedral tower in Split - edible version
Sweet Dreams in Istria
The other half of Bijeli san is a pizzeria and restaurant offering local flavors. This photo was taken in the winter. In the summer you can't see the building from the crowds on its terrace.
The menu of Bijeli san speaks for itself
Porec
- Find out more about the home of Bijeli san!
- Trg Matije Gupca, the square where Bijeli san is located, is one of the most ancient parts of Porec. This square is also the home to a 13th-century Romanesque house and the beautiful Zucchato Palace.
Festival of Istrian Cakes
Vizinada is a little village in Istria, situated on the top of a small hill above the Mirna valley. It is famous for Slatka Istra (Sweet Istria), a festival dedicated to Istrian pastries such as krostule (fried pastry), fritule (doughnuts), pandespanj (angel cake!), pinca (sweet bread) etc. Imagine a looong table packed with cakes of various sizes, shapes and flavors. Sounds convincing? Then don't miss out on the feast next year!photo: vizinada.hr
We all love cookie cutters
The Secret of Pag island
Baskotini - this is the name of that crunchy, aromatic biscuit which is made by the nuns of St. Margarita benedictian convent in Pag. The recipe of this delicacy has been kept in secret for long centuries althought many attempts were made to figure it out. If you would like to taste the original paski baskotini (paski means 'from Pag'), visit the convent in Felicinovic street and buy it from the nuns themselves. Mission Impossible
In the age of space tourism I have set myself a new challenge. I have decided to attempt the impossible and make baskotini! As I have found only recipes of rapski bastonini, I had no other choice left but to try this one. Rapski means from Rab island - as you see the neighbouring Rab islanders have also been trying hard to unravel the nuns' secret.This recipe is from a Croatian website, coolinarika.com. I hope my baskotini will also look like this!
Baskotini by Terracroatia
- Serves: 4
- Prep Time: 20
- Total Time: 24 hours
Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 pkg vanilla sugar (or use a vanilla bean)
- 3
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (sliced) almond
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 1 tbsp rum
- ground anis (optional)
Instructions
Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla sugar together in a medium bowl and add flour gradually. Add lemon zest, almond, rum and anis and mix until you get a sticky dough. Form the dough into a long roll (first place a sheet of aluminium foil beneath) and dry it at 120 degrees C for about 1 hour.
Let the dough rest for 24 hours, then cut it into very thin slices. Put slices back to the oven and dry them at 60 degrees C for about 35 min.
My baskotini
Another Traditional Recipe
- Buckwheat cake
- Medimurje region is situated in northern Croatia between rivers Mura and Drava. This cake is made from a popular local ingredient, buckwheat (hajdina).
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Sweet Memories of Croatia
Another Proof That the Croats Have Sweet Tooth
Named after a Yugoslav partisan, Josip Kras, Kras chocolate factory looks back on a long tradition. The pride of Croatian confectionery industry turned 100 years old this year and manufactures a wide range of products including the Toblerone-like triangular Kolumbo, the Dorina chocolate bars and my favourite one, Zivotinjsko carstvo (Animal kingdom) which is a small thin chocolate bar with various animal pictures on its wrapping. The Traditional Symbol of Zagreb...
... guess what? A heart-shaped gingerbread cake called licitarka srca!
I am sure I have missed out a lot.... can you help me?
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TTMall
Feb 25, 2012 @ 4:06 am | delete
- great work
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TTMall
Feb 25, 2012 @ 4:06 am | delete
- great work
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ViJuvenate
Feb 6, 2012 @ 2:36 pm | delete
- I am now very hungry! I actually can't wait to try out that recipe above. It' looks a little like Biscotti, but softer. Is it like a fruit and nut cake?
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PBJasen
Feb 5, 2012 @ 2:02 pm | delete
- If you plan to visit northern parts of Istria you can try to ask locals, or I can send you a recipe ;)
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terracroatia
Feb 5, 2012 @ 2:09 pm | delete
- It's a kind of kolac, right? I've checked on the internet (glasistre, coolinarika). I will visit Istria in the spring anyway and I'll definitely try it...
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