Croatian Dalmatian Potato Salad Recipes

CROATIAN DALMATIAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Cook potato with skin and when cooked, peel it.
• Cut peeled potato into slices (across). Put potato into a salad bowl, pour over olive oil and vinegar dissolved with half glass water (1 dcl). (It is much better if you season warm potato because it will soak oil, vinegar and seasoning much better.)
• Cut onion into thin rounds and add to potato. Add salt and pepper. At the end add hand cut basil leaves. Do not put too much basil - it must be surprise for consumer.
• Mix well. Wait until cools and serve.

CHARD & POTAOES | BLITVA | CROATIAN RECIPES

Steps:

• Peel and wash the potatoes.
• Set them to boil in a large pot of salted water and allow to boil.
• As the potatoes boil, seperate the chard stem and leaf. Chop the stems and leaves roughly.
• After the potatoes have boiled for 20 minutes, add the chard stems to the water.
• Allow the potatoes and stems to boil for another 10 minutes.
• Add the chard greens and allow to boil until wilted (60 seconds).
• Pour out the potatoes and chard into a colander and allow to drain very well.
• As the potatoes and chard drain, heat the butter and olive oil up up on the stovetop over medium heat. Use either the same pot that you used to boil the vegetables, or a different heavy-bottomed one, like the French oven pictured, which will then double as a serving dish too.
• Add the garlic to the oil and butter mixture, allow to become fragrent (60 seconds).
• Immediately add the potatoes and chard into the oil and butter. Add a big pinch of salt and lots of freshly cracked black pepper. Stir and roughly mash the potatoes. You can mash them into a finer puree if you would like, but I prefer to keep the potatoes more rustic. It suits the dish better.
• Allow to come to room temeprature, check if salt and pepper is to taste, and serve.

SIMPLE CROATIAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Boil peeled potatoes
• 2. Slice while still warm and soft ( not mushy, just soft and cooked)
• 3. Sprinkle with Salt and Black pepper and work through the sliced potatoes
• 4. Slice onion very fine and sprinkle over warm potatoes and work through
• 5. Gradually pour over the vinegar and Olive Oil while potatoes are warm and work through ( be careful not to mush the potatoes) and optional sprinkle over very fine chopped fresh parsley.
• 6. Optional is crispy Bacon as well as Green Spring Onions and fresh Garlic
• 7. very GOOD TO serve with Chicken , and Meat