I found this recipe in a Croatian cookbook, and I think it’s a great one dish wonder. I cut my potatoes and carrots with a slicer to get the thickness consistent and I think I added too much water, the recipe says half the ingredients should be covered by water, but I’d say a quarter and then add as needed. You can replace the salmon with any other fish fillet you like. It looks like there isn’t that much salmon here, but there really is! Ingredients: ~ One kilo of any good baking potato, peeled and sliced ~ 400 grams salmon fillets ~ One large carrot, peeled and sliced ~ One bunch Italian par ..read more

Croatians love their liqueurs! Pre-meal as an aperitif (to stimulate the appetite and open the digestive system), post-meal as a digestiv (to aid in digesting the meal), first thing in the morning (to aid in ‘cleaning the body’) or really any time of the day (or night!) when people come over (to show off how much better and stronger your liqueur is than the one they have) or when alone (aids in sleeping). To make any flavoured liqueur, you start with a clear rakija (brandy) most often made from plums. You can of course leave this as is, or add fruits, nuts, herbs and in this case honey, to lay ..read more