Peka
📍 Dalmatia
Meat and vegetables slow-roasted under a bell-shaped lid and embers.
About Peka
Meat (often lamb or octopus) and vegetables are cooked under an iron bell (peka) buried in hot embers, slow-roasting in their own juices. It is the soul of Dalmatian coastal cooking and usually ordered hours ahead.
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