Croatian Recipe: Rudarska Greblica | Chasing the Donkey

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No doubt you’ve heard about Zagreb – but have you heard about Samobor? And what about the small village near Samobor called Rude?

St. Barbara Mine is one of Europe’s oldest copper and iron mines, and this mine has significant importance for this recipe. Rudarska Greblica was well known to be one of the favorite foods of the miners and, in fact, was sometimes the only meal in the day for them.

The name comes from “greblica” which was a wooden tool used to spread the ashes in a bread oven.

The original version of this delicious dish was made with walnuts and cheese, but then the creative women started to add other ingredients with the cheese. Favorites include spinach, chard, nettle, scallions, yellow carrot, and so on, but no matter what combination used, this dish must end up being savory.