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The cuisine of Dalmatia and the islands follows the trend of modern
nutritional norms. The brief thermal preparation of foodstuffs (mainly boiling
or grilling) and plenty of fish, olive oil, vegetables and self-sown herbs found
near the sea is why this cuisine is considered to be very healthy.
Dalmatian wines, like olive oil and salted olives, have been highly esteemed
since ancient times, which the present names of some of the indigenous
grape sorts reveal (Grk : Greek, from the island of Korcula; Prc from the
island of Hvar).
Famous wines include Dingac and Postup from the Peljesac Peninsula;
Babic from Primosten; Vugava and Plancic from the island of Hvar... then
there are Posip and Grk from Korcula; Marastina from the island of Lastovo;
Malmsey from Dubrovnik, etc., and also Prosecco (a sweet dessert wine),
the very strong grape (loza) and herbal brandies (travarica, grapes with
medicinal herbs) and liqueurs (Maraschino, Vlahov).
Although even today every area has its own way of preparing certain dishes,
the cuisine of the islands represents a separate world, their distinguishing
features having been discovered only recently, such as the cuisine of the
islands of Hvar, Korcula, Brac (vitalac, a dish made from lamb offal wrapped
in lamb gut and spike-roasted), Vis (spike-roasted pilchards, as during the
Ancient Greek period; flat cake with pilchards from Komiza and Vis, related
to the modern-day pizza).
Fresh sea fish (dog's tooth, gilthead, sea-bass, grouper, mackerel,
pilchards) grilled, boiled or marinated; then there are molluscs (squid,
cuttlefish, octopus), crustaceans (shrimps, lobsters) and shellfish (mussels,
oysters, date-shells) boiled in a fish stew or as a risotto. Of the meat dishes,
prosciutto is unarguably unrivalled - pork leg smoked and dried in the bora
(from Drnis), served with dry, mostly sheep's cheese (famous sorts of
cheese are those from Pag and Dubrovnik) and salted green and black
olives, capers and pickled onions.
Lamb is also very highly valued, especially boiled or baked on an open fire
(Franjevacka begovica from Visovac, or lopiz from the island of Iz); also,
dried mutton (kastradina), roast beef, Dalmatian stew (pasticada) with
gnocchi, offered by many restaurants.
Lightly boiled vegetables are also favourite dishes (Swiss chard with
potatoes, tomato sauce) often a mixture of cultivated and self-sown
vegetables, spiced with olive oil and wine vinegar, or served with meat
(manestra - pasta with minced meat; arambasici - stuffed vine leaves).
Regions with an abundance of fresh water are famous for their frog, eel and
river crab dishes ( the Neretva valley, Trilj and the Cetina basin). Typical
Dalmatian desserts win the heart with their simplicity. The most usual
ingredients include Mediterranean fruit, dried figs and raisins, almonds,
honey, eggs (rafioli, mandulat, smokvenjak, the gingerbread biscuits from
the island of Hvar - rozata).
nutritional norms. The brief thermal preparation of foodstuffs (mainly boiling
or grilling) and plenty of fish, olive oil, vegetables and self-sown herbs found
near the sea is why this cuisine is considered to be very healthy.
Dalmatian wines, like olive oil and salted olives, have been highly esteemed
since ancient times, which the present names of some of the indigenous
grape sorts reveal (Grk : Greek, from the island of Korcula; Prc from the
island of Hvar).
Famous wines include Dingac and Postup from the Peljesac Peninsula;
Babic from Primosten; Vugava and Plancic from the island of Hvar... then
there are Posip and Grk from Korcula; Marastina from the island of Lastovo;
Malmsey from Dubrovnik, etc., and also Prosecco (a sweet dessert wine),
the very strong grape (loza) and herbal brandies (travarica, grapes with
medicinal herbs) and liqueurs (Maraschino, Vlahov).
Although even today every area has its own way of preparing certain dishes,
the cuisine of the islands represents a separate world, their distinguishing
features having been discovered only recently, such as the cuisine of the
islands of Hvar, Korcula, Brac (vitalac, a dish made from lamb offal wrapped
in lamb gut and spike-roasted), Vis (spike-roasted pilchards, as during the
Ancient Greek period; flat cake with pilchards from Komiza and Vis, related
to the modern-day pizza).
Fresh sea fish (dog's tooth, gilthead, sea-bass, grouper, mackerel,
pilchards) grilled, boiled or marinated; then there are molluscs (squid,
cuttlefish, octopus), crustaceans (shrimps, lobsters) and shellfish (mussels,
oysters, date-shells) boiled in a fish stew or as a risotto. Of the meat dishes,
prosciutto is unarguably unrivalled - pork leg smoked and dried in the bora
(from Drnis), served with dry, mostly sheep's cheese (famous sorts of
cheese are those from Pag and Dubrovnik) and salted green and black
olives, capers and pickled onions.
Lamb is also very highly valued, especially boiled or baked on an open fire
(Franjevacka begovica from Visovac, or lopiz from the island of Iz); also,
dried mutton (kastradina), roast beef, Dalmatian stew (pasticada) with
gnocchi, offered by many restaurants.
Lightly boiled vegetables are also favourite dishes (Swiss chard with
potatoes, tomato sauce) often a mixture of cultivated and self-sown
vegetables, spiced with olive oil and wine vinegar, or served with meat
(manestra - pasta with minced meat; arambasici - stuffed vine leaves).
Regions with an abundance of fresh water are famous for their frog, eel and
river crab dishes ( the Neretva valley, Trilj and the Cetina basin). Typical
Dalmatian desserts win the heart with their simplicity. The most usual
ingredients include Mediterranean fruit, dried figs and raisins, almonds,
honey, eggs (rafioli, mandulat, smokvenjak, the gingerbread biscuits from
the island of Hvar - rozata).
