Komiška pogača

Komiška pogača is the savoury pie of Komiža, the fishing town on the western side of the Croatian island of Vis: a double layer of bread dough filled with slowly cooked onion, salted anchovies or sardines and tomato, baked in a round tray and cut into squares. It is the island's working food, taken on boats and into vineyards, and it exists in two closely guarded versions. The Komiža one has tomato in the filling and is cut square; the viška pogača of Vis town on the eastern side has no tomato, only onion and salted fish, and is cut in triangles, and the two towns treat the difference as a matter of identity. Bakeries in both sell it by the piece through the morning, and it is one of the few Dalmatian dishes that is bread, fish and vegetable in a single bite without cheese anywhere near it.