Croatian Zgvacet Recipes

CROATIAN "ZGVACET"

Steps:

• First slice the meat in peaces 2-3 cm large.
• Put the olive oil in a pot and sauté the onion until it is soft. Add the meat, salt pepper and bay leaf. Sauté it for 15 minute When the meat relief the water, add bacon, garlic, majoran and basil and sauté for 5 more minutes; than add the wine and sauté until wine partly evaporates.
• Add tomato and cook 30 min on easy fire. If there's not enough liquid add some water.
• Cook it for about 60 min; or until the meat is soft. Before eating leave it still for 10 min., and add some more olive oil (to taste). If you taste it is too sour, you may add some sugar (sometimes tomatoes are sour, plus wine, it can be too sour).
• Serve with potato gnocchi, noodles or mashed potato.

NORTH CROATIAN HAM AND PASTA CASSEROLE (KRPICE SA SUNKOM)

Steps:

• Cook pasta until al dente.
• Sauté finely sliced onion on butter until soft and add sliced ham. Sauté it not more than 5 minutes than let it cool for a bit.
• Take casserole pot; coat it with butter and sprinkle bread crumbs over to cover the butter.
• Mix well eggs, milk, butter and some sour cream. Add chopped parsley leaves salt and pepper into eggs and mix with ham.
• To prepare casserole first lay one layer of pasta, than mix the rest of pasta with ham and eggs and cover the first layer of pasta.
• Cover with the rest of sour cream. Bake it for 25 to 35 minutes on 200°C Serve hot.