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