Recipes

Inspired by a mussel dish I ate at Pelegrini restaurant in Šibenik, a salad of mussels, capers, red peppers, potatoes and chives on top of a mussel, corn, and saffron mousse.

A leftover meal that’s almost better than the original dish, and how to best cook a fish fillet with its skin on in order to get crispy skin and tender flesh.

My first recipe featuring octopus, inspired by a dish from Dubrovnik’s Restaurant 360.

Korčula is famous for its sweets, especially its cookies with citrus zest and nuts. Klašuni bring together all the authentic insular flavors.

Baked buns made of a yeast dough, containing a prune filling, and brushed with plenty of melted butter. A classic Bohemian recipe.

I’m taking a Hungarian approach and serving my schnitzel with spaetzle, with the twist of adding celery root to the dough, and sautéing the pasta with chanterelles and scallions.

Called golubtsy in Russian, stuffed cabbage is found in all Eastern European cuisines. With its bright and contrasting colors, my version combines duck meat, a red beet risotto, and goat cheese sauce.

Every goose hunter needs a good sausage recipe. This smoked Polish kielbasa with revisited classic accompaniments does the job nicely.

A whole fish like those so often served on the Dalmatian coast, with a tasty and colorful accompaniment.

A cross between LD Restaurant’s red porgy sashimi and typical Dalmatian dishes: fish terrine, tuna carpaccio, and shrimp, with a cucumber yogurt sauce and fennel frond oil.