Coolinary
The continental cuisine is typical for its early proto-Slavic roots and more recent contacts with established schools of gastronomy – Hungarian, Viennese, and Turkish. Meat products, freshwater fish and vegetables dominate.
The coastal region is characterized by the influences of the Greeks, Romans, Illyrians and later Mediterranean cuisines – Italian and French. It features many seafood specialties (squid, cuttlefish, octopus, shrimp, lobster...) prepared in various ways, olive oil, prosciutto, various vegetables, Dalmatian wines such as Babić, Malvasia, and Vrbnik Žlahtina, and various liqueurs like the famous Maraschino - sweet sherry or Proshek - raisin liqueur.
Domestic kitchen
Besides standard Dalmatian dishes, Brac has many of its own culinary specialities. The Brac lambs that have not yet tasted grass, only their mother's milk are well known from ancient times; vitalac is particularly appreciated by gourmets - lamb's offal (liver, milt, heart, lungs) skewered and wrapped in lamb's sheath.
After turning them on live coals, the sticks are wrapped in lamb's intestines and then turned for another hour. Vitalac is then cut and eaten while the diners wait for the whole lamb to be baked. Another speciality is butalac - stuffed lamb's leg rubbed down with scented grass and splashed with wine or prosecco; also janjeci tingul (stewed lamb), lamb in "teca" (saucepan) and cooked. Dalmatian prsciuto and cheese Dalmatian prsciuto and cheese Brac cheese is also quite famous including procip. Procip is made of fresh cheese (not older than 24 hours.) which is cut into slices and baked in caramelized sugar.
A traditional and invigorating drink is smutica -made of 4/5 of fresh goat's milk and 1/5 of red wine; legend tells that it was recommended by Hippocrates himself. Its tasfeand colour are unforgettable.