This is one great and pretty much simple Mediterranean dish. It is ideal for summer months because its preparation will not take you a lot of time and you won’t heat your kitchen more than it is necessary. This meal is light on stomach and I think it is a perfect dinner after a day on the beach and as a start of a pleasant evening. Many restaurants on Croatian seashore will offer you this simple but delicious meal.

What will YOU need if you want to prepare this great meal;

½ kg of fresh squid with tentacles,
5 tablespoons of Olive oil,
1 large chopped onion,
1 peeled, chopped tomato,
2 crushed garlic cloves,
1 tablespoon of parsley,
¼ cup of dry red wine,
salt, pepper to taste and
2 cups of rice. Read the rest of this entry »

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Besides delicious native food on Croatian seashore and islands, talking about lunch and dinner like main dish, you can also get very tasty desserts. Some of them you can get only there and nowhere else in the world. This time I’ll present to you only too of such kind.
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This is one of the finest recipes that represent Dalmatian cuisine. It can be very much simplified, but it’s suitable even for some special occasions and particular companies.
Pasticada is not a difficult meal to prepare, but it will take you some time for sure and you won’t be sorry.
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When you are making a brodetto, be sure to use the biggest variety of fish that you can. The best to use are conger eel, St Pierre, some rock fish, sea bass, tuna and dent fish. Usually it is served with rice or pasta, but its origin serving is with polenta (boiled maize-flour). You can also eat it with some home made bread.

To make a brodetto for 4 people, you will need:
- 1 kg of mixed fish – about 2 ¼ lb.,
- 125 ml olive oil – about ½ cup,
- one big onion,
- some Parsley,
- inevitable garlic,
- salt and pepper as much as you want,
- couple of fresh tomatoes,
- about two spoons of tomato paste,
- Vinegar.

How it is done;
- For starters it is good to cut those big fish into pieces to be approximately as big as the smaller fish, which you will leave in one piece. Dosage of olive oil is in a proportion with a quantity of fish – for a kilo of fish use a half of a cup.
- Stir fry the sliced onion in the oil and after that put in the fish. While frying it for a bit, add some chopped garlic and parsley. Sprinkle it all with some salt and pepper, add tomato paste and cat fresh tomatoes.
- Now pour water over the fish and wait for it to boil. When boiling, add some vinegar.
- You have to cook brodetto about one hour to one and half hours, while it simmers on the low heat. Forget about stirring – brodetto has to be shaken not stirred. So, smoothly shake the whole pan in order to give it a little stir.

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