{"id":17443,"date":"2014-12-17T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/2014\/12\/discover-the-culinary-magic-of-continental-croatia\/"},"modified":"2014-12-17T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T11:00:08","slug":"discover-the-culinary-magic-of-continental-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/en\/2014\/12\/discover-the-culinary-magic-of-continental-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the culinary magic of Continental Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DISHES THAT TASTE AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062831b_KUTJEVO.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6342 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062831b_KUTJEVO.jpg\" alt=\"1346062831b_KUTJEVO\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062831b_KUTJEVO.jpg 800w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062831b_KUTJEVO-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nice English sayings \u201c<i>What you see is what you get\u201d<\/i>, fits completely to luxurious gastronomy of our darling Slavonija. Namely, the visual identity of its dishes announces a journey to a true empire of tastes! And the flavours are absolutely divine, for Slavonian kitchen is based on two key words: fresh and homemade. Fresh picked vegetables, homemade milk and meat prepared by traditional recipes and numerous tasty spices guarantee memorable gastronomic experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/kUTJEVO.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6343 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/kUTJEVO.jpg\" alt=\"kUTJEVO\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/kUTJEVO.jpg 800w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/kUTJEVO-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then how can you resist cheeses, cream, sausages\u2026The answer is simple &#8211; don&#8217;t even try! Meat products like <i>kulen<\/i>, ham, bacon, <i>\u010dvarci<\/i>, belong to traditional food and can most certainly be found, even today, on the rich Slavonian plate, which in\u00a0 past was even more luxurious. Ask your kind hosts about the forgotten Slavonian delicacies, and if you are lucky, you might get a chance to taste <i>cicvare<\/i> with potatoes, <i>sekeli<\/i>-goulash, <i>ljeljini dukati<\/i>, <i>utvajski<\/i> spit, aspic or <i>lu\u010devine<\/i> and the Slavonian <i>satrica<\/i>! Life by Sava, Dunav and Drava rivers accustomed Slavonians on dishes based on river fish which is traditionally prepared in the open, while fruitful forests offer a wide choice of tasty game animal dishes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6344 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac.jpg\" alt=\"1346062937opg_marter_pakrac\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac.jpg 800w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac-777x437.jpg 777w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346062937opg_marter_pakrac-120x67.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main courses are therefore really rich and abundant, and together with famous <i>kulen, \u010dobanac<\/i> or fish stew are offered as appetizers, and they present almost a symbol of this area&#8217;s cuisine. There is also a wide choice of river fish dishes (specially popular\u00a0 is carp baked on fork) and meat specialties: barbecue and steaks stuffed with Slavonian ham, cheese, mushrooms, and game animals in various ways. Favourite condiment to dishes is the hot chutney! For the dessert try the unavoidable poppy-seed cake or walnut loaf. Traditional Slavonian cakes are also spice cakes, honey cakes, paws and <i>breskvice<\/i>. Of course, in all meals you can include various types of bread from the Slavonian granary!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346063115vinogradarstvo_-_podrumarstvo_krauthaker_kutjev.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6345 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346063115vinogradarstvo_-_podrumarstvo_krauthaker_kutjev.jpg\" alt=\"1346063115vinogradarstvo_-_podrumarstvo_krauthaker_kutjev\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346063115vinogradarstvo_-_podrumarstvo_krauthaker_kutjev.jpg 800w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1346063115vinogradarstvo_-_podrumarstvo_krauthaker_kutjev-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special chapter to this tasty story belongs to wines. Complete your meal with some of white, ros\u00e9 and red wines, of which Grasevina wine is certainly most popular and has made this area famous in the whole world. Other quality white wines are Chardonnay, Pinot white, Riesling Rhine, <i>Silvanac<\/i> Green and the M\u00fcller Thurgau, and of red wines Frankovka, Zweigelt, Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bb-stuklijada1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6353 \" src=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bb-stuklijada1.jpg\" alt=\"bb-stuklijada1\" width=\"712\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bb-stuklijada1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/croatia-hotspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bb-stuklijada1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Croatian Zagorje<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In almost every Zagorje home, right at the door you will be greeted by aromas and warmth of seductive flavors. The specificity of Zagorje cuisine is that it hasn\u2019t lost its traditional charm.<\/p>\n<p>Miles of wine roads, thousands of wooden cellars and rustic farms guarantee to the visitor for the best possible refreshment.<\/p>\n<p>Zagorje turkey with homemade dumplings, the famous Zagorje strudel, Zagorje soup or pork tenderloin paired with Zagorje wines&#8230;the selection of specialties is more than sufficient for a solid snack if you are traveling or in a guest visit, or you just decided to go on a trip to this place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/martin_-turk___MG_3137-01-1a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6356 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hotspots.net.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/martin_-turk___MG_3137-01-1a-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"martin_-turk___MG_3137-01-1a\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISHES THAT TASTE AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK Nice English sayings \u201cWhat you see is what you get\u201d, fits completely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-croatian-brands","category-blog-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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