How to pronounce Licitar

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /lǐt͡sitaːr/. In plain English letters that is LEE-tsee-tahr, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Licitar?

Licitar is a dessert of Croatia. Where it comes from: Zagreb and northern Croatia. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes sweet.

Where Licitar comes from

Licitar is one of 24 signature dishes of Croatia on this map. See all dishes from Zagreb.

• Zagorski štrukli · Bread & pastry · Zagreb and Zagorje

  Zagorski štrukli are rolls of very thin stretched dough filled with fresh cow's cheese, eggs and sour cream, cut into pieces and either boiled or baked with cream until golden on top.

• Samobor kremšnita samoborska kremšnita · Dessert · Zagreb County (Samobor)

  Samoborska kremšnita is the custard slice of Samobor, a small town west of Zagreb, and it is counted among the best-known kremšnitas in Croatia.

• Pašticada · Main dish · Dalmatia (Split)

  Pašticada is beef braised for hours in a dark, sweet and sour sauce, and it is the festive dish of Dalmatia, the Croatian coast around Split.

• Soparnik · Bread & pastry · Poljica (near Omiš)

  Soparnik is a thin, round pie of Swiss chard, onion, parsley, garlic and olive oil between two sheets of unleavened dough.

• Peka · Main dish · Dalmatia

  Peka, or food cooked ispod čripnje, "under the bell", is the Dalmatian way of slow-roasting meat and fish.

• Maraschino maraskino · Drink · Northern Dalmatia (Zadar)

  Maraschino is a clear liqueur distilled from marasca cherries, small, slightly sour cherries that grow wild along parts of the Dalmatian coast.

Food of Croatia

Dishes like Licitar in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Licitar:

• Gubana · Dessert · Cividale del Friuli, Italy

  Gubana is a festive cake from the Natisone valleys and the town of Cividale del Friuli.

• Germknödel · Dessert · Austria

  Germknödel is a large, fluffy dumpling of sweet yeast dough; Germ is the Austrian word for yeast.

• Somlói galuska · Dessert · Budapest, Hungary

  Somlói galuska is one of the best-known Hungarian desserts: pieces of sponge cake served with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

• Vanilice ванилице · Dessert · All Serbia, Serbia

  Vanilice are small traditional biscuits from Serbia, made for the krsna slava, the family patron-saint day, and for New Year and Christmas.