Food of Croatia
Croatian cuisine has two faces: the Adriatic coast, with grilled fish, seafood stews and olive oil, and the continental interior, with hearty meat, cabbage and cream dishes. Italian, Austrian and Balkan influences meet. Meals are relaxed and based on local, seasonal ingredients.
Peka
Slow-baked meat and vegetables under an iron bell.
- Main dishes (12)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (4)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (3)
- Desserts and sweets (6)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (6)
Staples
- fish
- olive oil
- pork
- lamb
- cabbage
- beans
- cheese
- potatoes
Signature flavors
- garlic
- parsley
- bay leaf
- rosemary
- paprika
- black pepper
Main dishes
Slow-baked meat and vegetables under an iron bell.
Key ingredients: lamb, potatoes, rosemary, olive oilSquid ink risotto.
Key ingredients: rice, squid, garlic
Fish stew with tomato.
Key ingredients: fish, tomato, onion
Grilled meat fingers.
Key ingredients: beef, lambFull guide →Cabbage rolls.
Key ingredients: cabbage, meat, riceFull guide →
Baked cheese dough rolls from Zagreb.
Key ingredients: dough, cottage cheese, cream
Beef in a rich spiced sauce.
Key ingredients: beef, prunes, carrots
Fish grilled with olive oil and garlic.
Key ingredients: fish, olive oil, garlicZagorje baked cheese dumplings.
Key ingredients: dough, cheese
Swiss chard pie.
Key ingredients: chard, dough, olive oil
Stuffed peppers in tomato sauce.
Key ingredients: peppers, meat, rice
Dry-cured ham.
Key ingredients: hamBreakfast
Flaky pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, cheeseFull guide →
Crescent rolls.
Key ingredients: flour
Crepes.
Key ingredients: flour, eggsStreet food
Bakery burek.
Key ingredients: phyllo, meatFull guide →In flatbread with onion.
Key ingredients: cevapiFull guide →
Fried dough bites.
Key ingredients: dough, raisins, zestSoups
Istrian bean soup.
Key ingredients: beans, corn, baconPasta soup.
Key ingredients: pasta, vegetablesFish soup.
Key ingredients: fish, tomatoCream soup.
Key ingredients: vegetables, creamSalads
Tomato, onion and olive salad.
Key ingredients: tomato, onion, olivesFresh cabbage salad.
Key ingredients: cabbage, vinegarOctopus with olive oil.
Key ingredients: octopus, potatoes, olive oilBreads
Round flatbread.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast
Savory bread.
Key ingredients: flour
Dense corn loaf.
Key ingredients: corn flourDesserts and sweets
Dalmatian caramel custard.
Key ingredients: eggs, milk, caramelFried bites.
Key ingredients: dough
Vanilla cream cake.
Key ingredients: custard, puff pastry
Fried pastry ribbons.
Key ingredients: flour, eggsWalnut roll.
Key ingredients: walnuts, sweet dough
Pepper-honey cookies.
Key ingredients: honey, flour, pepperDrinks
Strong coffee.
Key ingredients: coffeeFruit sodas.
Key ingredients: fruit, sparkling waterFruit juices.
Key ingredients: fruitSage and mint tea.
Key ingredients: herbsFruits and produce
Dalmatian figs.
Key ingredients: fresh, jamFull guide →
Coastal olives and oil.
Key ingredients: oilFull guide →
Citrus from the south.
Key ingredients: fresh
Maraska cherries.
Key ingredients: fresh
Continental apples.
Key ingredients: baking
Eaten fresh.
Key ingredients: freshDish guides from Croatia
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Brodet: Chiqui Teo, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cevapi s kajmakom: Christian Paul from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Štrukli iz Okrugljaka: Bonč, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pašticada - Dalmatinska pašticada: Imbehind, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Balantiocheilos melanopterus - Karlsruhe Zoo 02 (cropped): H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Soparnik: Popo le Chien, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Quinoa stuffed peppers: Mark Bonica, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Prosciutto di Parma, ham producing: Udo Schröter, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Burek trokut 1: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kifli: Hu Totya, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pfannkuchen mit Zucker: Jan Homann, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Carnival Frittelle (250677305): Simone Coletta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pita Bread: Azure Dragon of the East, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turkish pogachas: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Skillet cornbread (cropped): Zankopedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cremecaramel: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kremna rezina: UkPaolo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Faworki (close-up): Marcin Floryan, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Paprenjak biscuit: Julia Underwood, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ficus carica L, 1771: Trew, C.J, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Olivesfromjordan: en:User:Nickfraser, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Oranges - whole-halved-segment: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cherry season (48216568227): spurekar, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pomegranate Juice (2019): Augustus Binu : flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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