tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69753470365111514462011-08-17T05:11:00.240+02:00Big fish, little fish, swimming in Croatian sea...FreshAdriaticFishnoreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975347036511151446.post-19250260606321351282009-10-07T21:44:00.001+02:002009-10-07T21:46:08.691+02:00

counting sheeps...

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When, back in May, I said how I'm busy I didn't think it will take me soo long to come back to this blog. Yes I was really busy, I'll post about it, but after some time away from blog it was hard to start posting again.But, what is better time to start something if not this season when we all make plans for our new year's resolution!For the beginning I have to show you my "alternative Christmas

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...to blog, to bake... to live!It's a sad, sad life... but every now and then we all have such a period, we just have to hold on... dreaming of a better tomorrow without so much obligation....I send you all lots of kisses...Eat well!

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All I can say for April DB challenge is: This was really fun! And the measurements from the recipe make enormous quantities of cheesecake pops so we were eating thought all April! Great! Love it! Will definitely make more and again!I couldn't find popsticks so I had to improvise with edible chocolate sticks but I think that made my pops even better!Cheesecake Pops Makes 30 – 40 Pops 5 8-oz.

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This post is dedicated to my very dear friend Maja, who lives in Brooklyn. Maja is real nomad, she lived all around Europe and America. We met working on some film production and we developed one great friendship.In fact, Maja was one of the two person to who I firstly "discovered" my blog. From the moment she discovered I have a food blog she is tampering me to write about my "stuffed squids".

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For February Daring Bakers challenge Mary of The Sour Dough and Sara of I like to cook picked the French bread recipe from Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volume 2". According to Mary and Sara the original recipe from Julia Child cookbook takes up to 18 pages. That made me nervous. I'm quite proud of my bread baking skills, but till now I never made French bread. I usually

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If you ask me, when we talk about comfort food, nothing can beat Jota - thick bean and sauerkraut soup. It's one of those ancient dishes that no one can really tell where and when was prepared for the first time. It is topical staple food in Dalmatia, Istria, Slovenia and part of northmen Italy (around Trieste). Each region has its own variant, but two main ingredients beans and sauerkraut are

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I've been stoking Daring Bakers for a while, but never felt brave enough to join them. Is not that I'm bad baker in general, but only when it comes to bake a pastry, cakes... It takes discipline, precision, patients that I simply do not have. With cooking you can always improvise, but with cakes... it still quantum physics for me... Nevertheless, last December something strange happened to me

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Whenever I'm without inspiration for lunch preparation I like to jump to one very simple but effective recipe: Macaroni with cheese. And if you find it too boring, just dress it up! I baked it in loaf tin and, viola, an exciting and fresh new meal was created! Macaroni with cheese are quite simple to prepare but it does required some patience and attention because milk in which macaroni are

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How young and naive I was on that January 1st. I woke up full with energy and hight hopes of better me. I was sure I'll change, that in 2008 I'll be more discipline and diligent, I'll post more regularly. I decided that I do not need new year's resolution to make a positive change in my life, I need to decide what I want and just do it! Well... you see the date, you can figure out yourself.

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Here it is, a delicious vitamin bomb to boost the bigging of the new year! Enjoy it! PS: it will help to beat hangover too! Orange Pudding ¾ cup water ½ cup orange juice Rind of 1 small orange 2 tablespoons lemon juice ½ cup sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1 egg separated A few grains of salt Rind the orange. Make it finer then on this image. They were too big. Mix orange rind

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Meat sauce Bolognese, in Italy known as "ragù bolognese" is one of those meals that is popular all over the world but it is rarely prepared the traditional way. One of the biggest "mistreatments" of the name is in super-popular meal "Spaghetti bolognese"! In Italy ragù bolognese is paired with tagliatelle not with spaghetti because spaghetti are not too common in cuisine of the region

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We were making Pasta alla Bolognese, but I decided to try something little different - Bolognese Tart. And the result was great!Bolognese is so well known sauce that sometimes it's seams to me that we take it for granted. Well I encourage you to play with it because it is so simple sauce but and it can surprise you what wonderful combinations with Bolognese sauce are out there which just wait to

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I really like to eat egg-coated chicken with sweet and sour sauce! Especially when I prepare the sauce and Stiv fries egg-coated chicken. I do not know what exactly he does, but he prepares definitely the best fried egg-coated chicken. This is not a post about how to make egg-coated chicken with sweet and sour sauce! One of the reasons that makes me soo happy to prepare egg-coated chicken

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just a few photos of the inside part of the Dolac market. Please look the photos of the outdoor part here.As I said before this photos were taken with no intention to be published, all this photos are taken with mobile phone camera, so they are not too good and I promise to try to make some more appropriate with much more detail soon....

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Let me introduce you Dolac - the belly of the Zagreb, one of the oldest and biggest (so they say, I wouldn't know for sure) European open air farmers market. It was open in 1930, it works 7 days a week, in the very center of the town and offers wide selection of fresh, local products, fruits, vegetables.... Outdoor part of the Dolac seams like big square but actually it is the roof of the indoor

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This really was exacting week!Firstly my recipe for Green Tomatoes and Aceto Balsamico Jam entered among six finalist of Green Tomato Contest at Apartment Therapy: the Kitchen!I would like to thanks to all who voted for me. I didn't win, but it was fun anyway. And it seam that I'm going to get some kind of present packet from Apartment Therapy: the Kitchen! And I'm such a sucker for presents!

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I can't believe, my recipe for Green Tomatoes and Aceto Balsamico Jam entered among six finalist of Green Tomato Contest at Apartment Therapy: the KitchenCheck it out here and vote for my recipe - off course only if you think it deserves it!Than you all in advance!

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I never ate green tomatoes. I only saw the movie. So I was surprised when I stumble upon bench with green tomatoes last Sunday on Dolac (the biggest open market in Zagreb). I remember reading about green tomatoes contest at Apartment Therapy, so I thought: "Why not?!" The farmer who sold them told me that they are used for pickling, but I was feeling little more adventurous than that.

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Last year my parents started small garden in their beck yard. They are complete novice to gardening. While I was with them in Split I wanted them to try to develop bio-dynamical garden and I bought some books on bio-dynamical gardening, but I have to admit that it was all little bit SF for us, city slickers! I'll try again when I go beck to Split, but I do not have high hopes. Anyway, they do

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This was busy weekend. I played a lot with pumpkin preparing sauce, dessert... And once I started I couldn't stop playing! So I decide to try some new fun staff and I prepared this layered so called cake which I'll send to this months WTSIM...I just hope it will be accepted as layered cake since it is not baked, but I'll try and we will see!Pumpkin and pomegranate layered cakePrepare Pumpkin

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When I first came to Zagreb, some 14 years ago, I wasn't really fan of pumpkins. In Dalmatia we do not use it much (if at all), and I have to admit that the first pumpkin based meal I had , most probably, I had after I arrived in Zagreb, and, again most probably since I do not really remember it, it was cake called Bučnica (after Buča - pumpkin) which is very popular in Zagreb and continental

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Full recipe for this Pumpkin and Shitake sauce read here!1. prepare: pumpkin, Shitake mushrooms, butter, white wine, leek, rosemary, salt, paper.2. Slice leek into thin slices and fry them in deep pen with butter.3. Add pumpkin cubes, splash with with wine and cook until wine evaporates then add 1 cup of stock.4. Cook until pumpkin turns soft and fluids evaporate. Take half amount of pumpkin

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If you are like me and you need to see what you have to do, here it's step by step photo recipe for Lentil Patties that I've prepared few days ago!1. Prepare lentil, walnuts, breadcrumbs, onion, tomato puree, water, salt.2. Puree lentil, chop walnuts and onion. Mix all ingredients.3. Add tomato puree and water to help you form the patties.4. Preheat your oven to 180 C. Put patties on oven pan.5

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I've already stated that I'm going crazy, and this is the true story that proves that actually I have completely gone crazy.When I first read the list of ingredients for this month In the Bag: Pumpkin, Mushrooms and Leeks, it seemed to me it will not be easy to combine them. I spent few days thinking what could I do since I really wonted to take a part in this blogevent.After some serious

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...and you have fed him for a lifetime.There is little hero fish that has fed generations of fisherman and their families for thousands of years. Of course, it is sardine! It is typical staple food of Dalmatia. And it is considered prefect sustainable seafood choice.Today Sardines are popular as "brain food" thanks to the high level of omega 3 acids and many others nutrition elements like vitamin

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I was going through same photos from this summer and I realized that I could post step by step photo recipe for fig cake - hib. You can read the recipe in my post that was entry to the September edition for SHF!Grind figs, walnuts and fennel. Toast the walnuts in advance.Knead the mixture as a dough.Add few drops of domestic brandy to help you form the small "scone".Leave to dry in the sun for

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For a long time Motar was almost forgotten herb in Croatian cuisine. There were only few restaurants and chefs using it and they were mostly situated in islands like Lastovo and Korcula. Luckily, in last few years Motar is rediscovered and it is about to become the star of Croatian coastal cuisine!All thought I'm happy that I don't have to travel for 5 hours to Augusta Insula restaurant on Island

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As so often in my life, I'm late again, but I hope Cream Puffs in Venice will accept my entry for SHF 35 since it is delicious one. It is traditional welcoming sweet from island of Vis - HIB. It is purely natural product, full of taste and aroma, hight nutritional value and with such a remarkable history. Original recipe is dated in pre-Roman period. It was prepared by peasants using only dry

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We will start decoding Nicky Hilton feast with the recipe for Octopus salad. The basic recipe for octopus salad is very simple: clean the octopus and cook it until fork tender. Leave it to cool. Cut it into bite size pieces. Mix olive oil, lemon juice, parsley, garlic and and salt and pour over sliced octopus. Leave it in the cool place for several hours before serving. Well, although this

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Yes, less famous of notorious sisters Hilton visited Croatia and sailed around Dalmatian islands. Big deal. I did too! But I do not see my beautiful butt on the cover of the local newspapers. Nevertheless, diligent, so called, journalist accompanied by fearless paparazzi followed every step of poor little rich girl so that we, inpatient agitated public, can catch a glimpse of the wonderful

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I started to write about Spaghetti with Mixed Shellfish, but I was too lazy to write recipe so I gave Photo recipe of the dish. But then I stumbled down on the announcement for La Festa al Fresco 2007 - the blog world’s biggest patio party! And I love patio parties! To join the party is very simple; you just have to prepare a dish using a fresh, seasonal ingredient. The only rule is «that it

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I know it is not that time of the year yet, but when I read about this month SHF hosted by The Passionate cook with the theme “Going local!”, Bobici just jumped in my mind and I desperately wanted to participate! Well, traditional Dalmatian sweets in general are very tasteful. The main ingredient are local fruit: figs, raisins, almonds, walnuts… honey is often used instead of the sugar… If

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Our final destination was Island of Šolta, one of the most underrated Dalmatian Islands due to, I believe, its closeness to the mainland so no one take it "seriously". There is even one old traditional song that has verse "You can see Šolta from your window" (very dilettante translation, but I can't help it!) This year Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2007 included Dalmatian island on

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After the break we continued our voyage visiting Krknjasi (43o26,3' N - 16o10,6' E), wonderful laguna near the Island of Drvenik with crystal blue sea. It is really stunningly beautiful, but I'm not big fan of it since it is very popular destination for day excursions from Trogir and Split and is always very crowded. Still, we had fun counting the airplanes circling over busy Split Airport.

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We made a short break from sailing to meet our relatives form Zagreb. Off course, family reunions are always ideal opportunities for great dinning! And in Dalmatia this demands to start the woodfire and grill the fish. We call it “Riba na gradele” or shorter “Gradelada”. To grill the fish requires audience because it is the ritual, it is the ceremony. To be responsible for starting up the fire

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Buy fresh fish. This is the essential! If you are not lucky enough to buy fish directly from fisherman boat like we did, you will have to know haw to recognize fresh fish! Clear eyes, bright red, moist gills and pleasant, fresh smell are best signs of the fresh fish.Don’t choose big fish. Smaller fish have firmer flesh that is and more tasteful. Clean and gut fish (I'm planning to write step

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The first exacting thing we did was two weeks long vacation on our old wooden sailing boat called "Lutalica" meaning "Vagabond". We wondered around nearby islands of Drvenik Veli, Drvenik Mali and Šolta. The crew were: my parents, my nephew Roko, my "precious one" and me! My sister joined us letter. Our boat is old and small but offers great comfort. But cooking on boat requires lots of good

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I got cold and as soon as my parents heard it they sent me huge amount of of lemons, oranges, grapefruits and tangerines from their garden. That's because they deeply believe that mixture or lemon and honey can cure anything! I have to admit that I always first try with "grandma medicine" before I run to antibiotics, pills and similar. And it usually helps just fine! So it was this time

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We came to Zagreb few weeks ago and I needed some time to adjust to "Zagreb state of mind" which is quite different from "Split state of mind". I wanted to see so many dear places and people, and then there were so many obligations I had to do... uf! And all that time I was thinking how I should write a post about about Sunday coffee on Gornji grad, visit to Museum of Zagreb, power breakfast,

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Well, better wild than crazy! The thing is that I noticed, reading through my blog, one could easily conclude that we eat only fish. So, to prove that’s not the case I decided to post about delicious weekend we spent in company with our friend who is a hunter, and his family. And our menu followed the theme.Our friend brought wild quills he hunted and we deiced to prepare them “ispod peke” –

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This bunch of old, yellow, grassy papers is my parents' cookbook collection. It is said that a picture is worth a thousands words. Well, I don't know about words, but I know that between these shabby pages, all tastes, smells and senses of my childhood are hidden. And we are not talking about delicate Proust's Madeleine, but about rich, savory domestic food, prepared in domestic traditional

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