Mali and Veli Losijn are 2 heavenly islands, now joined, at 1h45 boat ride from Pula. We set off very early on a big catamaran and after a choppy sail arrived at Mali Losijn. We walked along the coast, crossed Veli losijn and came to Rovenska marina where Pisan chef Sasso has opened a tartuferia serving italian cooking using herbs from the island, fresh fish, famous Croatian mushrooms and tartufi. He opened this restaurant a couple of years ago, when, he fled N.Y where he was running a restaurant and successful truffle business (but then it got f*** dodgey and he had to get the hell out of there).
Anyway, having heard about his fine cooking, we made the trip to try his “risotto ai fungi porcini e tartufo”, which was definitely worth the 2000 km ride and the 1h45 crossing.
Unfortunately we didn’t get to meet him.
Harrisson by now, has cracked the recipe…. he’s got a really good upgrade with local shrooms but without the truffles….