27.04.2025 18:00
18:00 School of salting 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
- SCHOOL OF SALTING PILCHARD – salt the pilchard under the expert guidance of Fažana’s fishermen
- NAMING CEREMONY OF THE BATANA OWNED BY THE FAŽANA TOURIST BOARD
- SMALL FISHING ACADEMY – presentation of traditional fishing skills
- GASTRO WORKSHOPS – filleting and marinating fish
- LITTLE FISHY PILCHARD – creative workshops for children
- 20 YEARS OF THE SCHOOL OF SALTING PILCHARD – photo exhibition
- Cakes and coffee for visitors
- MUSIC PROGRAM: Erik Balija and the vocal groups Klapa Intriga and Klapa Fažana