Through Bosnia To Korcula

...or, lunch on Jablanica lake

It took us 9 hours of driving for around 500 km (Brcko - Korcula)! The roads were bad and slow...but, we didn't mind - the scenery was so beautiful. It was end of September and weather was perfect. What I really liked is not-so-many tourists on road . We stopped in one place (Jablanicko Jezero) for lunch; had trout (what else) and arrived in the evening in Orebic, where we're supposed to catch a ferry to Korcula . The sunset was awesome!




Trout with Potatoes and Leafy Greens

Ingredients:
Main-
4 trouts (250-300 g each), cleaned
corn flour for dusting
salt and pepper
oil for frying (or baking)
Dressing-
1/2 cup olive oil
parsley (small bunch), chopped
garlic (2-4 cloves), crushed
For 'salad'-
Potatoes (1-2 for each person), peeled and cut into quarters
1 bunch spinach, kale or similar (I used Nettle leaves), washed
olive oil (1/3 - 1/2 cup)
salt and pepper
Method:
Salad-
Put potatoes into a pan cover with water and bring to boil. Cook for 25-30 minutes, then add leafy greens and cook for another 5 minutes. Drain water; season with salt and pepper, pour oil and mix well. Some of potatoes should go mushy and some should stay in pieces. Keep warm.
Dressing-
Mix oil with chopped parsley and garlic. Place into a small serving bowl.
Fish-
Heat oil in a pan (or switch oven to 220*C).
Season fish and dust with corn flour. Fry each side 5-7 minutes (or bake for 20 minutes in oven).
Spoon some dressing over fish, serve with warm potato salad.
Goes well with white wine (Riesling) mixed with sparkling water (3:1)

 

Pastrmka sa Krompirom i Žarom... ili, Kroz Bosnu Do Korčule

Trebalo nam je 9 sati vožnje za oko 500 km (Brčko - Korčula). 
Putevi su bili losi i spori, ali nije nam smetalo - oklina je bila zavidno lijepa. Bio je kraj septembra i vrijeme je bilo fantasticno. Sta mi se posebno dopalo, je bilo ' pomanjkanje' turista na cesti. Stali smo samo jednom i to zbog rucka. Odlucili smo se naravno za pastrmku, jer je restoran bio uz Jablanicko jezero.
U sumrak smo stigli u Orebić, gdje smo sacekali trajekt za Korculu. Zalazak sunaca je bio divan!

Potrebno:
4 pastrmke, 250-300 gr svaka, ociscene
sino kukuruzno brasno, za uvaljati
so i biber
ulje za przenje (ili pecenje)
Marinada-
1/2 solje maslinovog ulja
mali svezanj persunovog lisca, sjeckanog
2-4 cena bijelog luka, sitno sjeckana
Krompir prilog-
1-2 krompira po osobi, isjecena na cetvrtine
1 svezanj rastike, spinata ili slicno (ja sam koristila  Zaru)
maslinovo ulje
so i biber
Nacin:
Najprije napravite prilog-
Stavite krompir da se kuha; nakon 25-30 minuta ubacite spinat (ili zaru/ rastiku). Kuhajte jos 5 minuta, a onda ocijedite. Posolite i pobiberite, pospite uljem i dobro promijesajte. Jedna kolicina krompira treba da ostane u komadima, dok druga moze biti propasirana. Ostavite na toplome.
Marinada-
Pomijesajte ulje sa sjeckanim persunm i lukom. Stavite u posudu u kojoj cete servirati.
Glavno-
Stavite ulje u tavu da se grije (ili ukljucite rernu na 220*C).
Zacinite ribu sa svih strana pa je uvaljajte u kukuruzno brasno. Przite svaku stranu 5-7 minuta (ili je pecite u rerni oko 2o minuta). Postavite je na tanjir, pospite sa malo marinade i servirajte sa toplom krompir salatom.
Najbolje prija uz hladan spricer (rizling 3 dijela sa 1 dijelom mineralne vode).