11th SCHOOL OF SALTING PILCHARD

14,00 Recreational family bicycle race
17,00 School of salthing pilchard, Fažana’s waterfront

Competition in salting pilchard, tasting and buying salted and marinated pilchard as well as pilchard dishes, lecture on the traditional way of preserving, processing and preparing pilchard.

Fažana Fishing academy “Pilchard” opens up its doors to land and sea! A specially interesting activity is its “School of salting pilchard”. It is a chance to try your hand at this old skill of the sea, cellar and kitchen, stand by the competitors who in marked tin containers arrange salted pilchard, using their knowledge handed down from generation to generation… Children, locals, visitors, beginners and experts: they will all learn or say something about the needed amount of fish, salt, oil, spices… And after three months the tin containers will be opened and the best salted pilchard will be announced. A special occasion for tasting and a chance to talk about the choice of perfect wine for such festive occasions. In any case, the fish must be salted properly! And to know that, school is needed.

PROGRAM:

14,00 Recreational family bicycle race
start/finish: in front of former “Badel”

16,00 Bike polygon

17,00 11th SCHOOL OF SALTING PILCHARD

GASTRONOMY OFFER: various pilchard dishes

FISH MARKET “PAOLO AND NINA’S” – presentation of Fažana’s fish markets in the 1930s and sales of salted pilchard

EXHIBITION: The taste of salt

TASTING AND SALES OF TYPICAL ISTRIAN PRODUCTS: olive oil, cheese, prosciutto, Istrian wine and brandy

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS

 

 

INFO:

    Turistička zajednica Općine Fažana

        Riva 2, Fažana

        tel: +385 (0)52 383 727+385 (0)52 383 727

        e-mail: info@infofazana.hr