# List of Croatian dishes

This is a list of dishes found in Croatian cuisine in alphabetical order. Croatian cuisine has developed through centuries, it is heterogeneous and known as a cuisine of the regions. Every region of Croatia has its own distinct culinary tradition.

## Croatian dishes

| Name | Region | Description |
| Brudet | Dalmatia, Kvarner, Istria | A type of fish stew with spices, vegetables and red or white wine |
| Češnovka | Turopolje | A kind of spicy pork garlic sausage |
| Črne čurke | Međimurje | Black pudding (blood pudding), first cooked or dried and finally baked |
| Čvarci | Northern Croatia, Slavonia | A kind of pork cracklings |
| Dalmatinska peka | Dalmatia | A dish made of meat, vegetables and/or potatoes, baked under curved metal lid |
| Fiš paprikaš | Slavonia, Baranja | Spicy paprika-based thick fish soup prepared with carp or mixed river fish |
| Fritaja | Istria | Eggs with asparagus, wild hops, herbs as fennel, mint, feverfew and chicory, tomatoes, young garlic sprouts, spices and small parts of old bread |
| Fritule | Dalmatia, Kvarner, Istria | Sweet festive pastry flavoured with rum, made particularly for Christmas |
| Fuži | Istria | A traditional Istrian pasta from the pasta dough rolled into a thin sheet, cut into strips three to four centimetres wide, placed over each other, then cooked and served with a mild red veal sauce |
| Grahova pretepena juha | Međimurje, Northern Croatia | Type of traditional thick bean soup from Međimurje prepared with stirred flour mixed with milk and sour cream |
| Hladnetina | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Pork jelly made from low-grade cuts of pig meat, such as trotters, that contain a significant proportion of connective tissue |
| Istrian stew | Istria | A stew made of beans, sour cabbage or sour turnip, potatoes, bacon and spare ribs |
| Janjetina s ražnja | Lika, Dalmatia, Istria | Lamb being roasted on a roasting spit, served with fried potato slices or so |
| Kotlovina | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Fried and stewed meat dish prepared and served outdoors, containing pork chops, sausages etc., stewed in their own juice, wine and various spices (onions, peppers, garlic etc.) |
| Kremšnita | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | A variety of sweet custard and chantilly cream cream cake dessert |
| Kroštule | Dalmatia, Istria | A traditional pastry made from fried sweet dough sprinkled with sugar |
| Kulen | Slavonia | A type of flavored sausage made of minced pork |
| Međimurska gibanica | Međimurje | Layer cake made of puff pastry and four fillings: nuts, fresh cheese, poppy seeds and apples |
| Meso z tiblice | Međimurje | A dish prepared from high-quality parts of fresh pork meat (leg or loin), which are after processing stored in tiblica (lodrica), a large wood container of a special shape (truncated cone) in which the meat is preserved in previously prepared, cooled salted lard |
| Pašticada | Dalmatia | braised beef dish cooked in a fragrant sweet and sour sauce from southern Croatia |
| Pokladnice (krafne) | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Airy filled doughnuts, round and usually filled with jelly, marmalade, jam or chocolate as well as butter, nutella and cinnamon |
| Punjena paprika | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Stuffed pepper dish made of peppers stuffed with a mix of minced meat and rice, eggs, spices and salt in tomato sauce, served with mashed potatoes |
| Sir s vrhnjem | Northern Croatia, Central Croatia | Homemade fresh curd cheese (quark) with cream, served with bacon and onion |
| Soparnik | Dalmatia | A savoury pie with a filling of chard |
| Turoš | Međimurje | A type of cheese made from cattle's milk in cone-shaping chunks of cottage cheese, with the addition of salt and red paprika |
| Zagorski štrukli | Hrvatsko Zagorje | A dish composed of dough and various types of filling (e.g. a mixture of cottage cheese with eggs, sour cream and salt) which can be either boiled or baked |
| Žganci | Northern Croatia | A dish made from buckwheat flour, maize, wheat, or a combination of potato and wheat flour and water, cooking oil and salt |