Some Istrian Dishes
In this section you will find the indication of some dishes split as follows: appetizers, first courses, entrees, other ingredients,
desserts, wine, brandy and Smrikva juice.
![Istrian dishes](/assets/10/0/90/Istarska_kuhinja_Vodnjanka_005_big.jpg)
APPETIZERS
“Istarski
prsut” - Istrian home made prosciutto or smoked ham is special for the several reasons and an important one is
that the ham is dried by exposing it to the wind “bora”.
- "Domaca panceta” – home made bacon
- “Istarski ovcji sir” – Istrian home made sheep - milk cheese
- “Ombolo” – home made boneless pork loin “ombolo”
- “Istarske kobasice” – Istrian home made sausages
- “Kiselis - Sottoaceti” - pickles
- “Domaci kruh” - home made bread
FIRST COURSES
- “Istarska manestra” – Istrian minestra, vegetable (beans, chickpeas, barley, young corn, lentils,
broad beans, peas) stew.
- Other ingredients: Istrian prosciutto, home made sausages, potatoes, onion, cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil,
bay leaf, etc.
- “Manestra sa bobici ili trukinjom” – minestra with corn
- “Manestra sa koromacem ili sa slancom”- minestra with “koromac” or with “slanac”
- “Jota” – minestra with sauerkraut
- “Fuzi” - home made pasta
- “Pljukanci” or "Makaruni" - home made pasta
- “Njoki”- “gnocchi”, home made pasta
- “Ravioli” – “ravioli”, home made pasta
- “Rezanci” – noodles
- “Lazanje” – “lasagne”, home made pasta
- “Pasta fazol s mljevenom govedinom” – pasta and beans with beef
- “Pasta s pedocima” – pasta with mussels
- “Crni rizot” – black “risotto”
ENTREES
- “Meso” - meat specialties: rabbit, lamb, game, beef, chicken, horse, turkey, venison, etc.
- “Peka” or “Cripnja” – dishes made under a baking lid; you can prepare
dishes that range from the octopus with potatoes to every type of meet with potatoes.
- “Slanac s pancetom” – “slanac” with bacon
- "Bizi s dimljenom pancetom” – young beans with smoked bacon
- “Kapuz” - sauerkraut
- “Riba i skoljke” - fish specialities and shells: scampi, shrimps, lobster, cuttlefish, octopus, sea
bass, frog fish, sole, gilthear, scorpionfish, crabs, pilchards, anchovies, mussels, oysters, scallops, dondole, queen scallops,
vongole, etc.
- “Buzara od skampi” – buzara with scampi
- “Istarski brodet” – Istrian fish soup
- “Sardele na savor” – anchovies “na savor”
- “Palenta i brodet” – polenta (hard corn – mush) and brodetto
- “Bakalar i posutice” - cod fish (baccala or bakalar) and home made pasta
- “Leca s kostanjima” – lentils with chestnuts
- “Fritaja sa sparugami” – scrambled eggs with wild asparagus