Sałatka Jarzynowa I remember from my childhood that Polish Vegetable Salad – sałatka jarzynowa – was a must for each Easter, Christmas, birthdays and – very popular those times in Poland – name days. In the 80-ties mayonnaise was hard to get in stores, so we used to prepare it at home. It was fun […]
Twarożek, Gzik First vegetables available in spring- radishes and spring onions are the basis of my favorite Gzik Polish spring cottage cheese. I use both radishes and radish sprouts. Sprouts are rich in minerals and can be easily grown at home. In Poland we use dry write cheese – farmers cheese – Twaróg. It is
Śledzie pod pierzynką This herring salad has few layers of ingredients with herring on the bottom of it, that is why it is usually called Herring Under a Blanket. This is one of my favorite herring dishes for Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Polish Żurek is a soup traditionally prepared for Easter. In some Polish families White Borsch is cooked instead of Żurek, the difference is Zakwas/ starter that is used. For Żurek- rye starter, for Borsch – wheat zakwas. If you plan to cook traditional Polish Sour Soup Żurek, you need Zakwas – a rye starter. You
Zakwas na żurek Zakwas is a basic ingredient of Żurek, traditional Polish soup, prepared for Easter. It can be also called: Zakwas or rye sour soup starter, and is made by fermenting rye (for Żurek) or wheat (for White Borsch) flour. The process is easy, although you need a few days to have your own
Zakwas na Barszcz If you plan to cook natural, healthy and delicious Polish beets Barszcz, for example for Polish traditional Christmas Eve, you need to prepare beets kvas/ leaven for Barszcz several days before. Kvas is actually a water from fermented beets. From this amounts of ingredients you will get about 2 portions od kvas