Cuisine
Croatia
Croatia really has two cuisines. The Dalmatian coast and Istria eat in Mediterranean style – grilled fish, seafood, olive oil, black risotto, truffles and air-dried pršut ham. The interior, with Zagreb and Slavonia, is closer to Central European cooking: roast meats, paprika sausages, cheeses, štrukli and cakes. Everywhere, long lunches matter, as do dishes cooked under the peka – an iron bell covered with embers.
- 7 dishes
- Main dishes: 4
- Sides, sauces and spreads: 1
- Breads and pastries: 1
- Desserts and sweets: 1
- vegetarian: 3
-
main dish
Pašticada (Dalmatian braised beef)
Beef studded with garlic and bacon, marinated in vinegar and braised for hours with prunes and sweet wine.
-
main dish · vegetarian
Zagorje štrukli (cheese pastry rolls)
Paper-thin stretched dough rolled around fresh cheese and cream, then boiled or baked under cream.
-
dessert · vegetarian
Fritule (Croatian doughnut bites)
Little fluffy doughnut bites with raisins, citrus zest and a splash of rum, dusted with icing sugar.
-
main dish
Ćevapi
Small finger-shaped skinless sausages of minced meat, grilled and served in soft flatbread with raw onion.
-
side · vegan
Ajvar (roasted red pepper relish)
A thick relish of roasted red peppers, sometimes with aubergine, oil and garlic – the taste of a Balkan autumn.
-
bread
Burek
A pie of paper-thin dough coiled into a spiral or layered, filled with minced meat or cheese.
-
main dish
Stuffed cabbage rolls
Cabbage leaves wrapped around minced meat and rice, then slowly braised in sauce.
Croatia on other Ominuvo maps
- World in NumbersPopulation: 3.9 million (2025)Source: World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0)
- Languages of the worldCroatian · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldEuro (EUR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+1 / UTC+2 in summerSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 230 V · 50 Hz
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map42 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 27 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)