Travel Reference
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If you're not a seafood-eater, there are plenty of meat options. A delicious Dalmatian
specialty is
pašticada
—braisedbeefinaslightly sweetwine-and-herb sauce,usuallyserved
with gnocchi. Dalmatia is also known for its mutton. Since the lambs graze on salty seaside
herbs, the meat—often served on a spit—has a distinctive flavor. Throughout Croatia, look
for the spicy, flavorful stewed pork-and-vegetables dish called
mu
ć
kalica.
The most widely
available meat dish is the “mixed grill”—a combination of various Balkan grilled meats,
best accompanied by the eggplant-and-red-pepper condiment
ajvar
(see the “Balkan Fla-
