Kopertlica with pork, frittata made from custard apple and egg yolk, lamb with bonbon, dolce-garbo offal, palježina with greens, lamb in brisket with mishancon, lamb bajadera with potato cremon, torn lamb on polenta, entrails on a sudden with capule, lamb carcass with salted pork loin, lamb tripe and curd desserts - these are the dishes that were offered to the residents of Novalja and their guests as part of the new MarsOvac gastronomic event on Bazilica Square this weekend.
These traditional dishes of the island, which are most delicious in spring, will be on the menus of selected restaurants until May 26 as part of MarsOvce which already in the first edition proved to be a complete hit.
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Numerous visitors in the central square of Novalja enjoyed their grandmother's food, and if you know the day by the morning, then this gastronomic event has a bright future ahead of it. Dishes from Novalja restaurateurs, whose stalls spread the irresistible smell of Pag lamb and far-known cheese, in less than two hours they were sold out, which is the best confirmation that traditional cuisine based on autochthonous ingredients is the basis of the kind of tourism we wish for.
The goal of the event is to preserve original recipes and pass on the rich gastronomic heritage to new young generations of restaurateurs who will proudly present them to numerous guests. Behind each dish hides an interesting story that has been passed down from generation to generation, as well as recipes and ingredients characteristic of this dish. gastronomically extremely interesting island.
Event in the pre-season in Novalja it attracts gastronomads and lovers of excellent snacks which tell the history of the island in the center of which the Pag sheep is affectionately named Martian Sheep – a sheep among sheep who managed to survive all the hardships and avarice of the island. Finally, this modest animal was placed on the throne that it rightfully belongs to because it fed numerous generations of islanders.
The famous sheep from posters, t-shirts and interesting visuals was smiling, which will surely become an integral part of the souvenir offer of Novalja's tourist queen of the island. MarsOvca was born, and its growth and development will be followed with joy by lovers of traditional Mediterranean cuisine, while it has been entrusted to Noval's restaurateurs. It is a great honor, but also the responsibility of young restaurateurs not to succumb to globalization preserve what is originally theirs, the food of his grandfathers and his sheep from Pag.
If you missed the first edition of close encounters of the Pag type, be sure to put MarsOvac on your calendar for next year, and judging by the first edition, you will not leave Novalja disappointed.