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Mušule na buzaru {mussels buzara style}

17 May 2012 Croatian
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Mussels are one of those things that many people just never cook at home. Anyone that loves them has their own favourite way of preparation but the best way is to just keep it simple. Here’s one very simple way of cooking them. I’ve gone with a classic Croatian recipe that I’ve adapted to my [...]

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David Skoko’s seared tuna

10 May 2012 Croatian
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It’s funny that I’ve come back to cooking something that this Croatian fisherman, chef and restaurateur makes at his pride and joy eating house, Konoba Batelina in Istria. Not only does this guy cook with some of the more unpopular varieties of seafood but he makes something delicious out of the simplest of ingredients. I [...]

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Grah {beans}

25 April 2012 Croatian
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Peasant food is something I will always surrender a bit of time for, especially when it comes to the peasant food from my parents home country, Croatia. When they left what was then Yugoslavia as young adults, my parents would have been trembling with excitement and fear as the plane touched down on Australian soil. [...]

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Fotelje {couches}

29 February 2012 Cookies
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This little treat is something I grew up with and have fond memories of enjoying when I was very young. I still remember the time I was around 10 years old when visiting my brothers god parents house and sneaking into one of the rooms that was used primarily as cake and cookie storage. Talk [...]

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Smotani govedina {rolled beef}

4 January 2012 Croatian
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This is a dish that clutches to my vague memory of being a youngster obediently sitting with mum, dad and siblings chowing on simple Croatian stodge after a hard day at school. A recent phone conversation with my mother, it’s often about food, somehow dwelled on this particular dish that I only remembered having after I made [...]

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Primošten kokoš {primošten chicken}

7 December 2011 Croatian
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This dish comes from the small fishing village of Primošten located on the gorgeous Dalmation coastline in Croatia. Known for its beautiful beaches, unique seafood dishes and famous Babic red wine grown in the rocky terraces by the sea, this is a little town I really want to visit on my next trip to Croatia. If I [...]

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David Skoko’s chocolate chilli nibbles

23 November 2011 Cakes
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In researching recipes for my Croatian category I stumbled upon a great travel blog written and photographed by Zürich-based Kerrin Rousset. The Croatian category on her site MyKugelhopf drew me in and reminded me how much I loved travelling around Croatia on my only visit almost ten years ago. Kerrins travels through Istria, the northern region, took [...]

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Crni rižoto {black risotto}

2 November 2011 Croatian
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The cuisine of Croatia can be quite diverse from the meat-rich inland, dishes laced with truffle in Istria and the seafood-heavy coastline. My parents lived far from the coast when they grew up in that part of the world, chowing on food prepared in a very simple fashion. Meats like duck, pig and pheasant were generally hunted and fish [...]

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