Makarska Menu 2020

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APARTHOTEL
MIRAMARE
CONNECTING THE WORLD AND LOCAL
PRODUCERS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A
TOP CHEF FROM SARAJEVO WHO HAS COOKED
Baby beef with prosciutto, peppermint
jam and fresh salad for an appetizer.
Then for the main course,
lamb shank with pea purée, carrot
cream, and rosemary sauce. Lastly,
a “Makarana cake” with cold
almond cream for dessert. These
are just three of the offers from
Aparthotel Miramare at their first
Makarska Gourmet Expo.
Located on the St. Petar peninsula
with an excellent view of central
Makarska, Miramare, with their
superbly decorated rooms, is an
ideal haven whether you are traveling
for passion, pleasure, or personal
business. Guests are treated
to spa and wellness facilities,
a fitness center, as well as indoor
and outdoor pools. Finally, to give
guests an authentic, local gastronomical
experience, they tasked
SKMER Bosnia and Herzegovina
ambassador and knight of culinary
art in southeast Europe chef Hamid
Hadzic to be their head chef.
For almost 30 years chef Hadzic
has worked in the Sarajevo Holiday
Inn where he cooked for
world-famous people such as
Bill Clinton, Princess Diana, Kirk
Douglas, Angelina Jolie, François
Metterrand, Juan Antonio Samaranch,
and many other notable
people. He is a great connoisseur
of Mediteranean cuisine, especially
the Dalmatian style. Hadzic
is also a World Chef judge with a
prestigious WACS (World Association
of Chefs’ Societies) license,
and in addition to Miramare, is in
charge of the kitchen at the Biokovo
Hotel on the Makarska Riviera,
which is also under the auspices
of the Pivac Group.
“My mission in my hotels is to pass
on my knowledge to my younger
colleagues, and to make the organization
of the kitchen work flawlessly,
whether it be breakfast, board or à
la carte orders, catering, banquets,
wedding celebrations, gastronomical
and wine product promotions,
as well as the implementation of the
HACCP standard” – Hadzic said.
The cooperation comes through an
international team of chefs in the
European region – IKKER, which
for the past five years in the Aparthotel
Miramare, SKMER organizes
a competition between the 10 best
chefs in the region, where Hadzic
sits as a permanent judge. Within a
short time, and in collaboration with
the director Drago Nosic, he created
a new menu which combines
international and local items. Particularly
notable are the premium
products of the Pivac Group under
the auspices of three meat industries:
PPK from Karlovac city, MI
Braca Pivac from Vrgorac city, and
Vajda from Čakovec city, as well
as the seafood specialties which
Hadzic and his team believe are
essential for guests to experience
when they visit Makarska.
“In the coming period, we will
continue with new upgrades, new
views and ideas how to perfect our
gastronomic story. As for the dishes
at the Makarska Gourmet Expo,
I was guided by the idea to present
the top Pivac products such as
roastbeef, prosciutto, lamb shank
in pašticada, and our slightly modern
version of Makarana - the
cake that is the symbol of the city.
All the dishes for the exhibition
were created with colleagues from
both hotels, I sincerely hope that
we have succeeded in this, and
that the awards will prove it.” Said
Hadzic.