Common ingredients for Croatia

These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in Croatia. Local words are left unchanged so they stay readable in the original language; translate this page if you want supporting text and English names in your own language.

• bijelo vino (white wine)
• brašno (flour)
• češnjak (garlic)

  Also called 'bijeli luk'

• gazirana voda (sparkling water)

  Often referred to as 'mineralna'

• goveđi temeljac (beef broth)
• inćun (anchovy)

  Often served marinated or salted

• jaje (egg)
• jogurt (yogurt)
• krušne mrvice (bread crumbs)
• luk (onion)

  Refers to yellow/brown onion

• maslac (butter)
• mlijeko (milk)
• ocat (vinegar)

  Also called 'kvasina' in Dalmatia

• pileći temeljac (chicken broth)
• posni sir (cottage cheese)

  Common term for cottage-style fresh cheese

• pšenično brašno (wheat flour)
• riblji temeljac (fish stock)
• sipa (cuttlefish)
• sir (cheese)
• slanina (bacon)

  Can refer to cured bacon or pancetta

• šunka (ham)
• svinjska mast (pork fat)

  Traditional cooking fat

• teletina (veal)
• tjestenina (pasta)
• želatina (gelatin)