Tourist Board of Bjelovar-Bilogora County

› Coordinates: 46°02′N, 16°43′E
› Zip: 43 202
› Municipality Day: September 20th
› Surface: 104 km²
› Population: 896 (2011.)
› Villages: Jakopovac, Križ Gornji
› Mayor of the Municipality: Slavko Došen

Mushrooms with potato dough
› 80 dag of potatoes
› 20 dag of flour
› 70 dag of mushrooms (oyster, chantarelle)
› 10 dag of fat
› salt
› water

Preparation:
Clean onions and mushrooms and cook them briefly . Clean the potatoes, grate, add the salt, flour and knead the softer dough. Shape dumplings with spoon and cook in boiling salted water. In the water add a little bit of oil. Cooked dumplings drain and rinse. Fry onions in butter, add the mushrooms and stew. Sprinkle with spices and pour over cooked dumplings.

› Coordinates: 45°56′N, 16°56′E
› Zip: 43 226
› Municipality Day: Feast of the Holy Trinity
› Surface: 6560 ha
› Population: 2 731 (2011)
› Villages: Ćurlovac, Dominkovica, Grginac, Kegljevac, Maglenča, Malo Trojstvo, Martinac, Paulovac, Višnjevac, Vrbica
› Mayor of the Municipality: Ivan Kovačić
› Web: www.veliko-trojstvo.hr

Fried cabbage patties
› 1 kg of cabbage
› 30 dag of bread
› 1 dcl of milk
› 3 eggs
› 1 dag of garlic
› 5 dag of crumbs
› salt
› pepper
› red pepper powder
› fat

Preparation:
Cut the cabbage and cook it in salted water, drain, rinse with cold water. Soak bread in milk and drain. In a bowl put bread, cabbage, eggs, pepper, salt, red pepper powder, finely chopped garlic. Stir all ingredients, add the bread crumbs, leave ten minutes to rest, form patties and fry in deep fat.

› Coordinates: 45°45′N 17°02′E
› Zip: 43 270
› Established: 1244
› Municipality Day: on the feast of Pentecost
› Surface: 164,84 km²
› Population: 2 827 (2011)
› Villages: Cremušina, Donja Kovačica, Dražica, Gornja Kovačica, Mala Pisanica, Mali Grđevac, Pavlovac, Sibenik, Topolovica, Zrinska
› Mayor of the Municipality: Marijan Dautanac
› Web: www.veliki-grdjevac.hr

Perica - margaret
Dough:
› 35 dag of flour
› 1 dcl of cream
› salt
› 5 dag of butter (melted)
› 1/2 cube of yeast
› 2,5 dcl of milk
Filling:
› 25 grams of fresh cheese
› 1 egg
› 1 dcl of sour cream
› salt
› 2 dcl of sour cream for topping

Preparation:
From these ingredients knead the dough, divide it into two parts and put in a warm to rise. Roll out the dough to form round baking pan, spread with cheese filling, pour with sour cream and bake. For the filling mix all ingredients together.

Note: Perica can be baked in a bread oven without a pan.

› Coordinates: 45°40’N, 16°57’E
› Zip: 43 285
› Surface: 60,5 km²
› Population: 1 373 (2011)
› Villages: Gornja Ploščica, Gornja Trnovitica, Mala Mlinska, Mala Trnovitica, Mlinski Vinogradi, Nova Ploščica, Velika Mlinska
› Mayor of the Municipality: Ivan Marković
› Web: www.velika-trnovitica.hr

Cabbage pie
Dough:
› 80 dag of flour
› 1 egg
› 1 dcl of cream
› salt
› baking soda
Filling:
› 50 dag of fresh cabbage
› 5 dag of fat
› pepper
› salt

Preparation:
Knead the dough with flour, eggs and salt with the addition of baking soda and cream. Cut fresh cabbage, fry it on the fat and the onion. When cabbage become softer, sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Prepared dough divide into two pieces and roll. Put one piece in a greased baking dish, put cabbage on it and cover with another dough. Bake in a well- heated oven.

› Coordinates: 45°48′N, 17°4′E
› Zip: 43 271
› Municipality Day: on the feast of Pentecost
› Surface: 83,67 km²
› Population: 1 774 (2011)
› Villages: Polum, Čađavac, Nova Pisanica, Babinac, Ribnjačka, Bedenička, Bačkovica
› Mayor of the Municipality: Fredi Pali
› Web: www.velika-pisanica.hr

› Sport center Kukavica
› Agrotourism - excursion site “Na Malenom brijegu”
› Family Farm Košutić
› Family Farm Santo
› Hunting Lodge Babinac

Rolls of buckwheat porridge
Dough:
› 40 dag of flour
› 1 egg
› 0.5 dcl of oil
› 1.5 dcl of warm water
Filling:
› 25 dag of buckwheat porridge
› 8 dag of onion
› 1 dcl of pumpkin seed oil
› pepper
› salt

Preparation:
Of flour, eggs, oil and water make tough softer dough and leave for half an hour on warm place. Rested dough roll out on a tablecloth, sprinkle with cream. On dough and cream put the previously prepared filling. Fold dough with tablecloths and place in a well- greased baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven.
Filling:
Wash buckwheat porridge, boil in salted water until become soft, then drain. Fry onion on fat, add buckwheat porridge, stir, cook, remove from heat, sprinkle with salt and pumpkin oil.

› Coordinates: 45°48′N, 16°43′E
› Zip: 43 246
› Municipality Day: September 15th
› Population: 2 020 (2011)
› Villages: Blatnica, Daskatica, Donja Šušnjara, Gornja Šušnjara, Laminac, Narta, Starine, Staro Štefanje
› Mayor of the Municipality: Ivo Emić
› Web: www.stefanje.hr

Pasta with cabbage
› 5 dag of fat
› 5 dag of onion
› 30 dag of sweet cabbage
› salt
› pepper
For the dough:
› 20 dag flour
› 1 egg

Preparation:
Finely chop the cabbage, spice with salt and left stand for a while. Fry finely chopped onions on fat, add the squeezed cabbage and stew with the addition of 2 spoons of water, salt and pepper until cabbage become softer. While cabbage stew, of flour and eggs knead the dough. Roll the dough and cut into cube. Let them dry and cook in boiling salted water. Stewed cabbage and cooked and drained pasta mix together well and serve.

› Coordinates: 45°54′N, 17°01′E
› Zip: 43 227
› Municipality Day: May 30th
› Surface: 62,78 km²
› Population: 1 775 (2011)
› Villages: Jasenik, Kašljavac, Lasovac, Lasovac Brdo, Pupelica, Ravneš
› Mayor of the Municipality: Josip Dekalić
› Web: www.sandrovac.hr

Grandma’s noodles
Dough:
› 40 dag of flour
› 4 eggs
› salt
› water

Filling:
› 5 dag of butter
› 5 dag of onions
› 20 dag of gouda cheese
› 10 dag of smoked ham
› 1/2 l of milk
› 2 eggs
› 10 dag of parmesan cheese
› Salt
› pepper
› nutmeg
› Vegeta
› chopped parsley

Preparation:
Of flour, eggs, salt and little bit of water knead dough for homemade noodles. Cook the noodles in salted water, drain them and was . Fry finely chopped onion in butter, add ham chopped in dices, diced cheese and immediately stir in cooked noodles. Stir all ingredients, spice as you wish and pour them into a buttered ovenproof dish and sprinkled with bread crumbs. Place in the oven till it gets little bit of browned. Pour with a mixture of milk, eggs, salt, nutmeg and half of the parmesan cheese. Sprinkle with remaining parmesan cheese and bake until the end.

› Koordinate: 45°31′N, 17°15′E
› Zip: 43 541
› Municipality Day: May 31st
› Surface: 144,91 km²
› Population: 2 178 (2011)
› Villages: Barica, Miljanovac, Kip, Šibovac, Bijela, Pakrani, Donji Borki, Gornji Borki
› Mayor of the Municipality: Branimir Miler
› Web: www.sirac.hr

Dumplings with plums
› 50 dag of potatoes
› 15 dag of flour
› 1 egg
› 3 dag of butter
› salt
› water for cooking
› 50 dag of plums

Preparation:
Wash the potatoes and boil them in the shell. Clean them and mash. Add salt and flour, stir. Add the butter and egg, and knead the dough. Strech it on the thickness of 1-2 cm, cut into squares, in every place plum and wrap. Shape dumplings by hands. Cook them in boiling salted water until they float to the surface. Add a little bit of oil in water. Remove the cooked dumplings with hollow spatula.
Melt butter, add cream and salt , briefly boil and pour over the dumplings.

› Coordinates: 45°50’N, 16°57’E
› Zip: 43 274
› Municipality Day: June 24th
› Surface: 2.591 ha
› Population: 879 (2011)
› Villages: Orovac
› Mayor of the Municipality: Žarko Žgela
› Web: www.severin.hr

Browned flour soup
› 7 dag of fat
› 7 dag of flour
› 0.5 dag of garlic
› 0.5 dag of red pepper powder
› egg
› vinegar
› salt
› pepper
› 1.5 l of water

Preparation:
Add the flour on the fat and fry until golden color, add the garlic and red pepper powder. Pour with water and spice with salt. Cook gently for thirty minutes, add the vinegar and pepper, boil scrambled eggs and cook briefly.

› Coordinates: 45°56’N, 16°44’E
› Zip: 43 212
› Municipality Day: April 21th
› Surface: 103,23 km²
› Population: 4 875 (2011)
› Villages: Dijebala, Domankuš, Draganić, Kakinac, Kovačevac, Kraljevac, Lipovčani, Marići, Podgorci, Predavac, Prekobrdo, Tuk, Žabjak
› Mayor of the Municipality: Slavko Prišćan
› Web: www.opcina-rovisce.hr

Prge cheese - kvargli
› 1.5 kg of fresh cottage cheese
› salt
› red pepper powder

Preparation:
In the fresh cottage cheese add salt and red pepper powder. Mix well, form cones, arrange on a grating, cover with gauze and dry in air. Prge can be dried and smoked.

› Coordinates: 45°47′N, 16°57′E
› Zip: 43 272
› Municipality Day: April 20th
› Surface: 92,73 km²
› Population: 3 434 (2011)
› Villages: Bedenik, Bulinac, Dautan, Drljanovac, Kozarevac Račanski, Međurača, Nevinac, Orlovac, Sasovac, Slovinska Kovačica, Stara Rača, Tociljevac
› Mayor of the Municipality: Željko Sabolović
› Web: www.nova-raca.hr

Grandma’s poppy cake
Dough:
› 60 dag of flour (half of smooth, half of sharp flour)
› 7 dag of sugar
› 1 cube of yeast
› 2 dcl of milk
› 1/2 dcl of oil
› 3 egg yolks
› lemon peel
For lifting yeast :
› 1 dcl of milk
› 2 spoons of sugar
› little bit of flour
Poppy stuffing:
› 1/2 kg of poppy
› 12 dag of margarine
› rum
› sugar to taste (3 big spoons)
› 3 egg whites
› boiling milk

Preparation:
Crumble yeast add warm milk and a spoon of flour. When the yeast rise, add it to the flour. Add all other ingredients and knead the dough. Mix dough well and put in a warm place to rise. Roll out the dough, spread with filling, roll and place in a greased baking dish. Leave the cake to rise and bake at 190 ° C for about 45 minutes.
Pour the poppy with hot milk and stir over the fire to boil. Add margarine, rum and sugar. When cool, add the egg whites (snow).

› Coordinates: 45°38′N, 17°10′E
› Zip: 43 505
› Municipality Day: December 8th
› Surface: 8.361 ha
› Population: 2 349 (2011)
› Villages: Boriš, Brestovačka Brda, Daruvarski Brestovac, Dioš, Imsovac, Otkopi, Stražanac, Šuplja Lipa
› Mayor of the Municipality: Zlatko Bakunić
› Web: www.koncanica.hr

Czech cake
Dough:
› 25 dag of flour
› little bit of yeast
› 1/2 dcl of oil
› 1 egg yolk
› lemon peel
› 2 spoons of sugar
› pinch of salt
› milk as needed

First stuffing:
› 30 grams of fresh cheese
› 1 sour cream
› 2 egg yolks
› 2 spoons of sugar
› pinch of salt
Second stuffing:
› 20 dag of semolina wheat
› 3 egg whites (snow)
› 3 spoons of sugar
Third stuffing:
› 15 dag of walnuts
› pinch of sugar

Preparation:
From these ingredients knead dough. Put rolled dough in the buttred pan. Dough edge should be 2 cm high. On the dough put stuffing of semolina wheat, put stuffing with cheese on it and sprinkle with walnuts mixed with sugar. Leave the cake to rise and bake in the oven.

› Coordinates: 45°58′N, 16°51′E
› Zip: 43 203
› Municipality Day: July 22nd
› Surface: 104 km²
› Population: 2.973 (2011)
› Villages: Babotok, Botinac, Donji Mosti, Gornje Zdelice, Gornji Mosti, Jabučeta, Kobasičari, Lalići, Lipovo Brdo, Nova Diklenica, Novi Skucani, Pavlin Kloštar, Poljančani, Prnjavor, Reškovci, Sredice Gornje, Srednja Diklenica, Srednji Mosti, Stanići, Stara Diklenica, Starčevljani, Stari Skucani, Šiptari, Tvrda Reka, Visovi
› Mayor of the Municipality: Danijel Kovačec
› Web: www.kapela.hr

Corn palenta with potatoes and cream
› 1l of water
› 20 dag of potatoes
› 70 dag of corn flour
› 5 dag of butter or oil
› salt

› 10 dag of butter
› 3 dl of cream
› 5 dag of smoked bacon
› salt

Preparation:
Clean the potatoes, cut into cubes and cook in boiling, salted water. When the potatoes cooked, add the butter, corn flour, cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes without stirring. Then stir in the heat until the mixture is smooth. Cut with spoon.
Fry in butter finely chopped bacon, add the cream and salt, briefly boil and pour over palenta.
If desired, polenta can be served with milk, fried bacon , fried onions, stewed sauerkraut or with a dish in sauce as a side dish.

› Coordinates: 45°46′N, 16°48′E
› Zip: 43 231
› Municipality Day: June 24th
› Surface: 132,49 km²
› Population: 2.927 (2011)
› Villages: Babinac, Donja Petrička, Đurđic, Gornja Petrička, Kolarevo Selo, Križic, Paljevine, Rastovac, Samarica, Srijedska, Stara Plošćica, Utiskani
› Mayor of the Municipality: Šimo Strmota
› Web: www.ivanska.hr

Noodles with milk
› 25 dag of flour
› 1 egg
› salt
› water
› 1 l of milk

Preparation:
Mix flour, egg, little bit of water and salt. Knead hard dough, roll out thinly, leave to dry for a while. Cut thin strips . In milk , add a little bit of salt, put noodles in boiling milk and cook for 5-7 minutes. Boiled noodles you can sprinkle with walnuts and honey.

› Coordinates: 45°40′N, 17°01′E
› Zip: 43 284
› Municipality Day: february 5th
› Surface: 50,72 km²
› Population: 2.367 (2011)
› Villages: Ilovski Klokočevac, Ladislav, Palešnik, Velika Trnava
› Mayor of the Municipality: Boro Bašljan

Czech dumplings with sauce
For the dumplings:
› 75 dag of flour
› 1 yeast
› milk as needed
› 50 dag of smoked ribs or bacon
Sauce:
› 1 large root of horseradish
› 4 dag of butter
› 4 dag of flour
› salt
› pepper
› soup made from dry meat
› 2 dcl of cream for cooking

Preparation:
Smoked ribs or other dried meat cook in water. Dumplings are prepared to put the egg into the flour, yeast, salt and milk. Knead dough. Mix dough well and leave to rise . When risen, form dumplings and leave them short to rise. Cook them in boiling salted water for about 15 minutes. Serve this meal warm. The sauce is prepared that put flour on the warm butter and fry. Then add the grated horseradish and salt. Then pour soup made from dry meat. Cook for about thirty minutes and finally stir in the cream.

› Coordinates: 45°40’N, 17°26’E
› Zip: 43 532
› Surface: 19.613 km²
› Population: 3.199 (2011)
› Villages: Bastajski Brđani, Batinjani, Batinjska Rijeka, Borova Kosa, Dobra Kuća, Donja Vrijeska, Donje Cjepidlake, Gornja Vrijeska, Gornje Cjepidlake, Katinac, Koreničani, Kravljak, Mala Babina Gora, Mala Klisa, Mali Bastaji, Mali Miletinac, Maslenjača, Nova Krivaja, Potočani, Puklica, Removac, Stara Krivaja, Škodinovac, Velika Babina Gora, Velika Klisa, Veliki Bastaji, Veliki Miletinac, Vukovije
› The Major of the Municipality: Drago Hodak
› Web: www.djulovac.hr

Beans with turnip
› 30 dag of beans
› 20 dag of sour turnip
› 40 dag of dried meat
› 5 dag of fat
› 5 dag of flour
› 4 dag of onion
› 1.5 l of water
› laurel leaf
› salt
› pepper

Preparation:
Clean the beans and soak overnight. Boil it in water for 10 minutes. Drain and cook the beans in another water. Wash turnip and cook in water. Add the dried meat, grains of pepper, laurel leaf and cook. In the half- cooked beans, add sour turnip, add the browned flour, spice and cook for another half hour. Browned flour: Fry on the fat finely sliced onion, add flour, fry again and add water.

› Coordinates: 45°34’N, 17°05’E
› Zip: 43 506
› Surface: 99.85 km²
› Population: 2.671 (2011)
› Villages: Blagorodovac, Donji Sređani, Drlež, Golubinjak, Gornji Sređani, Goveđe Polje, Ivanovo Polje, Kaštel Dežanovački, Kreštelovac, Sokolovac, Trojeglava
› The Major of the Municipality: Damir Valečić

Rolls cake
› 3 rolls (or bread)
› 40 dag of apple
› 10 dag of sugar
› cinnamon
› 4 dcl of cream (2 dcl of sour and 2 dcl of sweet)

Preparation:
Cut the rolls into 1 cm thick slices. In the buttered baking dish arrange the order prepared by the rolls (or bread), apples cut on slices and sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon and rolls again. Pour the cream and bake in the oven until they’re become golden.

In the Moslovačka area, there are remains of ancient fortifications, of which the best known is Garic grad, built by Ban Stjepan Subic in 1256 AD.

The 1544th The Ottomans conquered and destroyed Garic and the monastery and Church of St. Mary. Since then the Garic grad is preserved ruins and a favorite resort located in the middle of Moslavacka Gora Mountain close Podgaric.

Mushrooms with cream
› 40 dag of cleaned mushrooms
› 40 dag of potatoes
› 5 dag of fat
› 10 dag of onion
› 3 dcl of cream
› salt
› pepper

Preparation:
Clean the potatoes, cut into cubes and boil in salted water. Clean the mushrooms, slice , briefly boil and drain. Clean the onions, cut into strips and fry in oil. Add mushrooms and stew. Add the cooked potatoes, cream and spices.

Podgarić is a small quiet place located on highland called Moslavačka gora at an altitude of 220 meters, it has more than 35 years of tourism and excursion tradition.

Back in 1967. the decision was taken that this beautiful place gets a Revolution monument which was built according to a concept of Dusan Dzamonja, and that's where actually the story of the tourism industry begins.

First there built guesthouse with a few rooms, and then he repeatedly expanded and altered. In front of the motel is regulated by the lake, and people started visiting this natural pearl and enjoy the benefits of untouched nature, clean air and bubbling streams and springs.

Forest steak
› 90 dag of veal
› 10 eggs
› 50 dag of margarine
› 25 dag of cooked ham
› 1.5 l of dark sauce
› 0.5 l of cream
› 1 dcl of mustard
› 5 dag of onion
› 20 dag of mushrooms
› 2 hot peppers
› salt

For the breading:
› 10 dag of flour
› 2 eggs
› 10 dag of bread crumbs

Preparation:
Thinly beat steaks and sprinkle with salt. Then fill them with stuffing and wrap. Filled steaks roll in flour, egg and bread crumbs and fry in deep fat. Breaded steaks serve with mashed potatoes or roll of potatoes and pour with sauce. For the stuffing cook eggs, clean them, cool and cut into cubes. Cooked ham also cut into cubes and mix it all together with margarine.
Sauce: Fry the bones and vegetables on the fat to get a darker color, add the flour and fry until they’re become golden, cover with water and cook for about an hour and sprinkle with salt. At the end strain the sauce. In the strained sauce, add mustard, peppers and stewed mushrooms on the onion. Let it boil and add the cream.

› Coordinates: 45°44′N, 16°50′E
› Zip 43 232
› Municipality Day: September 29th
› Surface: 11.078 ha
› Population: 1.448 (2011)
› Villages: Potok, Ruškovac, Krivaja, Šimljana, Šimljanik, Oštri zid, Šimljanica, Kostanjevac, Begovača, Gornja Garešnica, Novo Selo Garešničko, Podgarić
› Mayor of the Municipality: Mato Tonković
› Web: www.berek.hr

Mashed beans
› 50 dag of beans
› 10 dag of fat
› 15 dag of onion
› 10 dag of bacon
› 1 dag of garlic
› little bit of red hot peppers and celery leaf
› 1 dcl of sour cream
› salt
› pepper

Preparation:
Cook beans. Fry on fat finely chopped onion, add bacon cut into small cubes, fry a little, add the peppers, cooked drained beans, salt and pepper. Stew for about ten minutes on low heat, add cream and chopped celery leaf and let stew for a while. Serve with lettuce.

Garešnica is located on the eastern slopes of Moslavacka Gora Mountain and geographically belongs to Moslavina.

› Coordinates: 45°34′ N, 16°56′E
› Zip 43 280
› Municipality Day: January 17th
› Population: 10 466 (2011)
› Villages: Ciglenica, Dišnik, Duhovi, Garešnički Brestovac, Gornji Uljanik, Hrastovac, Kajgana, Kaniška Iva, Kapelica, Mala Bršljanica, Mali Pašijan, Malo Vukovje, Rogoža, Tomašica, Trnovitički Popovac, Uljanički Brijeg, Uljanik, Velika Bršljanica, Veliki Pašijan, Veliki Prokop, Veliko Vukovje i Zdenčac
› Major: Velimir Žunac
› Web: www.garesnica.hr

Carp on “Moslavački”
› 2 kg of carp (2 pieces)
› 10 dag of onions
› 5 dag of garlic
› 10 dag of smoked bacon
› 1 dcl of white wine
› 10 dag of corn flour
› laurel leaf
› celery
› Vegeta
› salt
› pepper
› 1 kg of potatoes
› 1,5 dcl of sour cream

Preparation:
Clean carps and dry them with cloth. Rub with salt inside and out. Sharp knife to make both sides of the skin lateral cuts at distance of 1 cm. In the outer cutted parts, put chopped garlic and long sticks of smoked bacon. Do the same from the both sides. In the abdominal cavity, put finely chopped onion, garlic, laurel leaf, and two branches of celery leaves. Roll the carp in corn flour on both sides, place in an oiled baking dish, gradually pour with the wine and bake at 250 ° C. In meanwhile, put potatoes in salted water and cook them. They must be cut into large slices. When potatoes are half cooked, drain them, arrange around the carp and spice them. Then carp and potato pour with rich cream and bake until they’re become golden. Serve the carp with potatoes and lettuce.

Grubišno Polje is located on the southwestern slopes of Bilogora. The area of the city covers an area of 269 km² and is the largest self-governing units in Bjelovar-Bilogora County.

› Coordinates: 45°42′ N, 17°10′E
› Zip: 43 290
› Municipality Day: November 4th
› Surface: 269 km²
› Population: 6 431 (2011)
› Villages: Dapčevićki Brđani, Dijakovac, Donja Rašenica, Gornja Rašenica, Grbavac, Grubišno Polje, Ivanovo Selo, Lončarica, Mala Barna, Mala Dapčevica, Mala Jasenovača, Mala Peratovica, Mali Zdenci, Munije, Orlovac Zdenački, Poljani, Rastovac, Treglava, Turčević Polje, Velika Barna, Velika Dapčevica, Velika Jasenovača, Velika Peratovica i Veliki Zdenci
› Major: Zlatko Mađeruh
› Web: www.grubisnopolje.hr

Bilogora donut
› 60 dag of flour
› 2 eggs
› 1 cube of yeast
› 2 dcl of milk
› 8 dag of sugar
› salt
› 1 dcl of oil
› 1 egg for brushing

Preparation:
Of flour, eggs, milk, sugar, salt, oil and raise yeast knead dough. Leave in a warm place to rise, shuffle. Let it rise again. Shake out on the floured board and make donut shape. Again let it rise, brush beaten egg, sprinkle with salt and bake. Bilogora donut made, donated and eated with heart, it’s especially festive cake. It was baked for special occasions. Skilled hands, old- fashioned recipe, chosen flour, milk and oil- melted fat, little bit of sugar, egg and pinch of salt- make miracles. It’s hard to imagine to go or be on feast days, to be godmother on christenings, welcome guests or go to guests relatives, parents of the bride, and not celebrate Christmas or Easter without this marvelous product. We doesn’t cut it with a knife, but we break it, and before the eating, we put on it a sign of the cross. Shaping the donut is a very important issue. We make it, and mix it with the finest flour, grinded before Christmas , for St. Tomas. Add all ingredients, formed after rising into triple or quadruple braid, which can be single or double. After knitting it takes the form of a circle, heart, lyra or Greek letter omega. At Easter we insert raw eggs in it which becomes baked in donut.

Čazma is one of the oldest cities in Croatia. It is mentioned in 1094, when the Hungarian King Ladislaus gives possession to the Bishop of Zagreb, at the establishment of the Zagreb diocese...

Tourist board of Moslavina-Čazma covers an area the city Čazma and Ivanska municipality.

› Coordinates: 45°45′N 16°37′E
› Zip: 43 240
› Established: 1226
› City day: July 22nd
› Population: 8 095 (2011)
› Villages: Andigola, Bojana, Bosiljevo, Cerina, Dapci, Dereza, Donji Draganec, Donji Dragičevci, Donji Lipovčani, Donji Miklouš, Gornji Draganec, Gornji Dragičevci, Gornji Lipovčani, Gornji Miklouš, Grabik, Grabovnica, Komuševac, Marčani, Martinac, Milaševac, Novo Selo, Općevac, Palančani, Pavličani, Pobjenik, Pobrđani, Prnjarovac, Prokljuvani, Sišćani, Sovari, Suhaja, Vagovina, Vrtlinska, Vučani, Zdenčec
› Major: Dinko Pirak
› Web: www.cazma.hr

Potato crocquettes as addition to Čazma steak
› 80 dag of potatoes (cooked)
› 1 egg
› 1 egg yolk
› 2 dag of butter
› 2 dag of parmesan cheese
› 10 dag of flour
› salt
› pepper
› nutmeg

For the breading:
› 15 dag of breadcrumbs
› 15 dag of sharp flour
› 2 eggs

Preparation:
Boiled potatoes drain and spat. Add the butter, egg, egg yolk, flour, parmesan cheese , nutmeg and salt. Mix the dough evenly, and then put it in a cool place to cool down and tighten. (It’s advisable to make the mixture the day before). From potato dough form a long cylinder (2 cm thick) and cut into pieces (length of 5 cm). Cuted pieces roll in flour, dip in stir egg, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in deep hot fat. Flushed fried crisp pieces remove from fat and place on paper towels to drain the fat.

Four gold, two silver and one bronze recognition from the Croatian national tourist board confirm that the town Daruvar is the most decorated small town of continental Croatia.

In ancient times, it was the capital of the Iassan Republic, during the Romans a widely-known patrician thermal health resort – Aquae Balissae which means „very hot springs“. In Turkish times it was an important strategic point, later a market town and in the time of the counts Jankovich, who are considered the founders of Daruvar as it is today, the town was transformed into a centre for crafts and trade.

Destination area makes the town of Daruvar and four neighboring municipalities in the region: Dežanovac, Đulovac, Končanica and Sirač.

› Coordinates: 45°35′N 17°14′E
› Zip: 43.500
› City day: June 9th
› Surface: 64 km²
› Altitude: 161 AMSL
› Population: 11 612 (2011)
› Annual temperature: 11,3°C
› Villages: Daruvarski Vinogradi, Doljani, Donji Daruvar, Gornji Daruvar, Lipovac Majur, Ljudevit Selo, Markovac, Vrbovac
› Major: Dalibor Rohlik
› Web: www.daruvar.hr

Nadjevka
Leavened dough:
› 20 dag of dried meat (pork leg or neck)
› 30 dag of bread (middle of bread)
› 3 dcl milk
› 3 eggs
› 5 dag of onion
› 1 dag of garlic
› 5 dag of semolina wheat
› 20 dag of fresh young nettle
› salt
› pepper

Preparation:
Cut the bread into cubes and dry them in the oven. Cut the meat into cubes and fry briefly. Wash nettles, boil them briefly in boiling water, drain, cool and chop. Clean onions, cut them finely and fry in a little fat. In milk add eggs, spices, chopped garlic and onions. Pour over bread , add the dried meat, nettle, semolina wheat and stir carefully. Leave to stand for a short time, make a loaf shape and bake. Roasted nadjevka cut into slices.

Learn more about Bilogora region or city of Bjelovar, located in the southern part of Bilogora and its centuries-old tradition of milk and cheese producing or handball history...

Area of Tourist Board of Bilogora-Bjelovar makes the town of Bjelovar and the following municipalities:

› Veliki Grđevac
› Velika Pisanica
› Severin
› Nova Rača
› Šandrovac
› Veliko Trojstvo
› Kapela
› Zrinski Topolovac
› Rovišće

Bjelovar is a center of Bjelovar-Bilogora County

› Coordinates: 45°55′N 16°50′E
› Zip: 43 000
› Established: 1756. godine.
› City day: 29. rujan
› Surface: 191,9 km²
› Altitude: 135 AMSL
› Population: 40 443 (2011)
› Annual temperature: 12°C
› Villages: Breza, Brezovac, Ciglena, Galovac, Gornji Tomaš, Gudovac, Klokočevac, Kokinac, Kupinovac, Letičani, Mala Ciglena, Malo Korenovo, Novi Pavljani, Novoseljani, Obrovnica, Patkovac, Plavnice Gornje, Plavnice Stare, Prespa, Prgomelje, Prokljuvani, Puričani, Rajić, Stančići, Stari Pavljani, Tomaš, Trojstveni Markovac, Veliko Korenovo, Zvijerci, Ždralovi
› Major: Antun Korušec
› Web: www.bjelovar.hr

Corn cake with plum jam
› 4 eggs
› 15 dag of sugar
› 2 cups of corn flour
› 1 cup of flour
› 2 dcl of sour cream
› 2 cups of milk
› 1 cup of oil
› 1 baking powder
› 1 vanilla- sugar

Preparation:
Mix the eggs with the sugar until they become as foam. In the foam blended mixture add cream, milk, oil, and gently mix in flour mixed with baking powder. Pour mixture into a greased and sprinkled with flour baking pan and bake at 180ºC. After 5 minutes of baking, put on mixture homemade plum jam, cheese (if desired) and bake cake until the end. Baked cake sprinkle with powdered sugar and vanilla- sugar.