North Croatian Boiled Potato Recipes

NORTH CROATIAN BOILED POTATO

Steps:

• Gently peal potato skin, and if possible just "shave" it.
• Cook for about 25-30 minutes (until toothpick can easily go through). Drain potato.
• In another pot put butter and finely minced parsley leaves. When butter starts to foam, add potato and fry it on butter 1-2 minutes. Serve hot.

NORTH CROATIAN CUCUMBER STEW ("CUSPAJZ OD KRASTAVACA")

Steps:

• Peel the cucumbers and cut them as for salad. Salt it and put aside for 10 minutes.
• Melt lard and add finely minced garlic and flour and sauté it until flour become brownish. Add paprika and stir well. Add cold water and make creamy liquid.
• Squeeze cucumbers with hand to extract bitter liquid and add cucumbers into the pot. Add vinegar, salt and pepper and cover with water.
• Cook not more than 30 minutes. Before serving add sour cream and stir.

DALMATIAN BOILED POTATO

Steps:

• If you use baby potato just "shave" the skin, otherwise, peal potato and cut into 5 cm large pieces.
• Cook in salted water until soft.
• Put olive oil, finely minced garlic and parsley in pot, add well strained potato and stir. Leave it on fire not more than one minute stirring all the time to cover potato with garlic and parsley. Serve hot with fish.

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.