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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Mediterranean Chicken Casserole

dinner italian food 15 Comments

Mediterranean Chicken Casserole (adapted from here) 2 tsp olive oil 4 chicken drumsticks 1 medium sized onion,thinly sliced a small piece of celery root (about the size of onion) 1 garlic clove, crushed 100g small sized button mushrooms, cut into quarters400g tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and diced 1/2 chicken stock cube 100g peas fresh thyme leaves ground black pepper 6 Tbsp…

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Pašticada

croatian food dinner 15 Comments

Pašticada is a famous Croatian dish. A must try when you visit Dalmatia. The meat is incredibly tender and sweet dessert wine prošek gives it just the right seasoning. I’ve seen many disputes about what is the proper way to prepare it. Some put apples in it, others don’t and claim that it is not the same dish then. It…

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Istrian Fritule

croatian food dessert 24 Comments

Istrian Fritule (original recipe) 500 g flour 20 g fresh yeast 2 egg yolks 80 g raisins zest of 1 lemon 50 g + 2 Tbsp sugar 20 g butter, melted 150-200 ml warm milk 50 ml rakija 5 g salt about 500 ml oil for deep-frying powdered sugar for dusting Sift flour into a bowl. Add egg yolks, raisins,…

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