Holiday menus

Assumption Day (Velika Gospa) 2027

The summer feast-day lunch on 15 August: soup, roast chicken or lamb, tomato salad and plum cake.

Sunday, August 15, 2027

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Assumption Day lunch

Sunday, August 15

  • Soup · Traditional

    Chicken soup

    Home-made chicken soup with vegetables and noodles.

    140 min

  • Main course · Traditional

    Roast chicken with potatoes

    Home-reared chicken roasted with potatoes, garlic and rosemary: a summer feast-day lunch.

    100 min

  • Salad · Traditional

    Tomato and cucumber salad

    Ripe tomatoes and cucumbers with onion, oil and vinegar.

    10 min

  • Dessert · Traditional

    Plum cake

    A soft sponge with halved August plums and cinnamon.

    70 min

Cooking plan

What to make on which day, so the holiday itself is only warming up and serving.

  1. The day before · Saturday, August 14

    • Roast chicken with potatoes · Assumption Day lunch

      Rub the chicken with salt, garlic and rosemary and leave it overnight somewhere cold.

    • Plum cake · Assumption Day lunch

      Bake the cake the day before; the plums give up their juice and the cake settles.

  2. On the day · Sunday, August 15

    • Chicken soup · Assumption Day lunch

      Simmer the chicken and vegetables for two hours, strain, and cook the noodles in the broth.

    • Roast chicken with potatoes · Assumption Day lunch

      Roast the chicken with the potatoes for an hour and a half at 190 °C, basting it.

    • Tomato and cucumber salad · Assumption Day lunch

      Slice and dress just before serving.

Questions

What is cooked for Assumption Day in Croatia?
A feast-day lunch in high summer: home-made soup, roast chicken or lamb, tomato and cucumber salad, and plum cake or chilled watermelon for dessert.
How to cook a feast in the August heat?
Marinate the meat and bake the cake the day before, and run the oven in the cool of the morning; dress the salad only before serving.
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