Alka Feast

On the Alka day, an Alkar receives a present from an Alka squire who gives him pulestre (domestic pullets), cheese and sometimes also prosciutto. The food offered traditionally includes:

• prosciutto and cheese served with olives and pickled gherkins
• beef soup with pasta
• roast lamb with salad greens
• roast suckling pig with lemon
• the arambaši
• stewed savoury crabmeat à la Sinj
• assorted pastries, wine, juices

Carnival (Shrovetide) – Shrove Tuesday

• pašticada (thick beef sauce) with gnocchi and grated cheese
• kroštule (Carnival fritters)
• fritule (Carnival fritters)

Assumption Feast

• beef soup with pasta
• the arambaši
• boiled beef with horseradish
• breaded fried veal with salad greens
• breaded fried frogs
• stewed savoury crabmeat à la Sinj
• roast suckling pig with lemon
• assorted pastries
• wine, beer, juices

Text by: Mario Despotović