Croatian Pork Steak With Wine Recipes

NORTH CROATIAN PORK AND SAUERKRAUT STEW (SEKELI GULASH)

Steps:

• Cut pork meat into small pieces.
• Finely slice onion and sauté it on lard until soft. Add meat and continue to sauté it until meat starts to change color.
• Add paprika and mix. Add some wine and continue to sauté it.
• After 10 to 15 minutes add sauerkraut (sliced), bay leaf, caraway seeds and more wine. Add water and brine (only if you like it really sour).
• Cook 30 to 40 minutes on low fire. After 20 minutes add flour (just one teaspon if you want thicker stew) and mix well. Continue to cook until sauerkraut is soft.
• Before serving add sour cream and mix.

CROATIAN ZAGORJE "KOTLOVINA"

Steps:

• First chop pork meat (neck and chops) into schnitzels and marinate at least 4 hours in: salt, pepper, sliced garlic and oil. Just mix all these ingredients with meat, cover and keep in cool place. This is also nice marinade for normal pork meat on grill; we use it a lot in Croatia.
• Grill meat and sausages on cauldron flat bottom part, and when done place them on the sides of the cauldron.
• Slice all potatoes into 1/8 parts. Slice onion into rounds or half-rounds. Put onion into oil where meat was grilling and sauté it until translucent.
• Add all paprika, sweet and hot, stir, add all wine and stir removing possible lumps from paprika. Add all sliced potato and if necessary some water to cover potato. Fire must be strong.
• Cook potato about 20 to 30 minutes or until soft. Try it and if necessary salt it more. At the end or last 10 minutes add meat into potato. Serve hot with lot of wine to drink (or beer).