Holiday menus

St Martin's Day 2026

Christening the new wine with roast goose or duck and mlinci, red cabbage and apple cake.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

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St Martin's dinner

Wednesday, November 11

  • Soup · Traditional

    Chicken soup

    Home-made chicken soup with vegetables and noodles.

    140 min

  • Main course · Traditional

    Roast goose with mlinci

    The Martinmas goose roasted with apples, with mlinci in its fat: served with the new wine.

    240 min

  • Side · Traditional

    Braised red cabbage

    Red cabbage braised with onion, apple and a splash of vinegar.

    75 min

  • Dessert · Traditional

    Apple pie (pita od jabuka)

    Short pastry with grated apple, cinnamon and walnuts.

    90 min

  • Drink · Traditional

    New wine

    On St Martin's Day the must becomes wine: taste this year's.

    5 min

Cooking plan

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

  1. The day before · Tuesday, November 10

    • Roast goose with mlinci · St Martin's dinner

      Salt the goose, rub it with marjoram and leave it overnight; put the apples inside.

    • Braised red cabbage · St Martin's dinner

      Braise the cabbage for an hour; reheated the next day it is better still.

    • Apple pie (pita od jabuka) · St Martin's dinner

      Bake the pie the day before; overnight the apples settle and it cuts cleanly.

  2. On the day · Wednesday, November 11

    • Chicken soup · St Martin's dinner

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

    • Roast goose with mlinci · St Martin's dinner

      Roast at 160 °C for three to four hours, pouring off the fat. Scald the mlinci and turn them in the roasting fat.

    • New wine · St Martin's dinner

      Chill the wine and christen it before dinner, as the custom goes.

Questions

What is eaten on St Martin's Day?
Roast goose or duck with mlinci and red cabbage, with the new wine christened that day, and apple cake or roast chestnuts to finish.
How much goose per person?
About 400 g with the bone per person: a goose is mostly bone and fat, so one of 4 to 5 kg feeds ten.
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