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Popular Local Customs | Other Local Customs Tips | All Tips (8) Pelegrin is a cape between Hvar and Stari Grad. I guess it is the variety of it's underwater inhabitants that inspired local gourmets to name this dish Risotto Pelegrin.
For 4 persons:
3 cloves of chopped garlic - put on a warm olive oil, add
0,5 kg of calamari - clean, cut into rings and sauté for 15 minutes with 1 dl of fine white wine, add
0,5 kg of fresh prawns - I peeled them, makes eating easier.
Put 0,5 kg of small shells into a separate pan, cover with lid and cook for about 5 minutes - until shells open.
Cooked rice - add sautéed calamari and prawns, stir, add just a little of water from the pan with shells, but be careful because it is salty seawater, also use fine colander or cloth to get rid of sand, and in the end add shells.
More different ingredients - better taste. Local epicureans also use small barnacles and all things crawling and living in the tidal area.
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Hvar's been famed for its fields of lavender for centuries and the production of the from the plant has long played a important part of the island's economy. You'll need to visit the island in Spring and early summer to see the fields in bloom - by the time we arived in August the flowers were finished and the bushes had all been pruned back to neat little buns.
Only the growth at the top of the plant produces the valuable oil, but waste not, want not, there's plenty of flowers left over to be dried and used to produce every variety of stuffed lavender sachet, pillow and pomander you could think of. The amount of purple net and ribbon that is used in Hvar must have old Perkins smiling down from heaven. Leave a Comment |
The ever present Ujuusko and Karlovachko don't seem to make it over here. Instead the Zlatorog beer which may be Slovenian and is apparently named after a mythical goat, is drunk everywhere.
It's alright but a bit reminds me a bit of Carlsberg ( which is a bad thing) Leave a Comment |
Hvar is famous for it's plantations of lavander and rosemary and it's century long tradition of producing lavander / rosemary oil.. All over the island you can see pitoresque teraces where locals grow those two cultures. Besides tourism it's one of the most important economys on the island.
Unfortunately couple of years ago most of the fields were destroyed in a large fire and are not haven't recovered yet. Leave a Comment |
I know, it is a serbian dish, but I found fantastic cevapcici also in Hvar...
Cevapcici is a dish with about 10 small beef sausages, with a hot sauce and pieces of onion. Leave a Comment |
It's used in the local pubs, to give the barman a little money everytime you take something, for you only or for all your friends. The first time you pay. The second time you pay. The third time the barman offers the drink to you. Leave a Comment |
The habit for dog and cat owners on the island seems to be to keep them free. While wandering on the streets of the towns you can spot nice dogs. Didn't see any Dalmatians, though ;) Leave a Comment |
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