List of Croatian dishes

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

Name	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

Croatian dishes

See also