February 7, 2019 - Sweet Korcula, an island with a seemingly endless supply of fabulous traditional home-made cakes and desserts. We are very grateful to Franica Tasovac for allowing us to serialise her excellent books called Sweet Korcula, Sweeties of Korcula Grannies (in English). It is a collection of no less than 30 ancient recipes for Korcula cakes and desserts, lovingly put together into a book. A delightful souvenir or gift for gourmet friends. Franica has kindly allowed us to serialise the recipes on TCN, and we will be bringing you a recipe a week from the kitchens of Korcula's grandmothers throughout the year. You can read Claudia Tarle's lovely introduction here. 

ANIŽINI

3 eggs
pinch of salt
120 g sugar
1 teaspoon anise
1 tablespoon grape brandy
150 g flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Heat the oven to 175°C.
Beat anise in a mortar, or chop it and pour with brandy.

Mix egg whites into firm snow. Blend yolks, sugar and salt into a foamy mixture.
Add brandy and anise and mix everything together. Add flour and snow alternately and mix slowly. Pour the mixture into the sheet metal coated with greasy paper and bake for 20 minutes.

You can buy this booklet at:
Town library “ Ivan Vidali “
Flower shop “ Fiorino “
“ Manina “
“ Komo “
Tourist agency “ Kaleta “ 
Souvenir shop “ Suzy “
Bookshop “ Kutak knjiga “

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 Looking for more delicious Korcula recipes in this series? Check them out on our dedicated TCN page.